POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, Francis Fukuyama, Liberal Democracy
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On the nature of politics: man is by nature a political animal and he who is unable to live in a society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself -aristotle. We are forced to live a collective existence, society is organized thus, we are political creatures. the point of social science is to try to make sense of the world we live in, using reason to understand the world we live in, explain the world, and predict it. not of kings, queens, presidents, prime ministers, celebrities; they steal big ideas. when you see a war, what you are seeing are people dying; but what"s really happening out there is a clash of ideas. war people die, however; not what"s really happening. What"s important is the clash of ideas www. notesolution. com. the history of the world is the history of the human consciousness, the way that we think.
