POLS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Paul Claudel, The Principle
10 Mar 2019
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Pols 1000 introduction to politics lecture week 18. Pierre manent: goal of the world beyond politics: offer an impartial reading of contemporary society, to do so, mobilize the resources of history, philosophy and political science. Impartial reading attempt to treat fairly and equally all of the different perspectives: he will begin his book with poetry: paul claudel (french poetry, ambassador of france to the. February 27, 2019: both science and liberty contain an active principle (an idea that governs/guides). Its active principle is to view the world as it is, not as it should be. Its moral horizon is realism and its epistemological horizon is the ability to know all things. It is important because it gives a practical form or consistency: we make choices, at least in this respect, liberty is stronger than science. February 27, 2019: our two greatest authorities science and liberty are in conflict. In addition, often times values are in conflict with other values.
