tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061632482582835364.post6284135038134290617..comments2024-01-12T16:18:19.308-05:00Comments on Now This...: CP+MSM=T -- A Formula for UnderstandingBrian Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13228290862561650691noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061632482582835364.post-15065662632035828062021-10-15T12:09:27.016-04:002021-10-15T12:09:27.016-04:00Homer, Tom, Cic -- all smart dudes. Too bad they&#...Homer, Tom, Cic -- all smart dudes. Too bad they're not arround to discuss Anarchy (in its proper application: 'without rulers'). Setting aside the standard - and thoroughly answered - objections about 'roads', 'mail', 'courts', etc., it is impossible to cite any objectionable aspect of organized society that does not have its roots in government. No Government, know peace.<br /> Brian Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13228290862561650691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061632482582835364.post-86413852746233110272021-10-15T07:17:02.752-04:002021-10-15T07:17:02.752-04:00The short answer is X = K where K is the king.
Ho...The short answer is X = K where K is the king.<br /><br />Homer wrote in the Illiad, "the rule of many is not good, the rule of one is best." Thomas Aquinas wrote in his treatise "On Kingship or The Governance of Rulers" that "When dissension breaks out in a government by the many it often happens that one person dominates the others and usurps power over the multitude for himself, as can clearly be seen from the record of history. Nearly all governments by the many have ended in tyranny, as demonstrated in the case of the Roman commonwealth." Aquinas argued that a monarchy is preferred. Aquinas also wrote that the common good cannot be fittingly maintained in the absence of virtuous citizens, especially those in leadership positions.<br /><br />Drawing a virtuous leader from a population that does not honor virtue is our problem. Aristotle says, "Brave men are found where brave men are honored," and Cicero says, "What is despised by everyone decays and ceases to grow."Hugh Turleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15677455184220801108noreply@blogger.com