Lesson 1: Contemplation Dethroned: The Collapse of the Keystone of Medieval Thought
Lesson 2: Luther & Calvin: The Spiritual Enhancement of the Secular
Lesson 3: Machiavelli's Effectual Truth
Lesson 4: Descartes: The Science of Progress
Lesson 5: Hobbes: The Science of Rights
Lesson 6: Locke and The Dynamic Right of Property
Lesson 7: Federalist Papers and the Founding
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Lesson 8: Rousseau: The Quest for a Lost Wholeness
Lesson 9: Burke: Tradition Vs. Abstract Reason
Lesson 10: Kant and Hegel: Pure Morality and Meaning in History
Lesson 11: Mill: Liberty for Scientific & Utilitarian Progress
Lesson 12: Marx: The Apocalypse of Ideological Materialism
Lesson 13: Nietzsche: Revolutionary Inequality and the Will To Power
Lesson 14: Tocqueville: Saving the Democratic Soul
Lesson 15: Conclusion: In Search of True Freedom
Final Exam Preparation