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No - Plato, Descartes, and Locke all referenced actual history when formulating their ideas about politics - PG doesn't even mention an example of an "independe
by ojnabieoot 6y ago
No - Plato, Descartes, and Locke all referenced actual history when formulating their ideas about politics - PG doesn't even mention an example of an "independent-minded" person! - and at least Descartes and Locke heavily cited the past generations of political philosophers that came before them.
It is also worth noting that at least Plato/Descartes/Locke were investigating deep questions of political philosophy with little precedent and which is almost impossible to observe empirically. By contrast, PG has an entire century's worth of psychology theory and experiments that he is ignoring out of pure arrogance.
- rorykoehler 6y agoHe gave a few examples of independent thought.
- nickthemagicman 6y agoDollars to donuts PG could sit down and write down an in-depth philosophical article with all kinds of references and probably get it into periodicals. I think you're mistaking the type of writing this is. This is for a blog not a book or an academic journal. These are his semi fleshed out informal ideas and you can take them or leave them. I don't even think he's claiming theyre objective reality. They're interesting neat ideas based on a smart man's experience that help you look at the world in a certain way and I can appreciate that and I'm glad he writes them.