Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Alexis De Tocqueville, Utopia, On Liberty
19 Apr 2013
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Contemplation the contemplative person should be the ruler, and there is truth to contemplate. Political theory was a type of worship if you followed god"s law, you would become a good ruler. Through politics we make the world we want, and we want our rulers to make this world work the way we want it to be artificial world . Politics is the domestication and channeling of conflict it does not go away. Francis bacon modernity announces itself: 1605: use human force to overcome nature, science was going to provide useful knowledge to transform the world, and building political systems. Rene descartes: the frankenstein monster theme failed attempt to make a human being. If we have enough knowledge, we can transform and master the natural world and maybe create life: reason and mechanics = the world. Issac newton: world converted into formulas of measurement, not mystery, but mathematics and mechanics define reality, increase our power on the conclusions of science.
