Coincidentally, the movie "Groundhog Day" was on TV...ok, not coincidentally, but I'm glad it was on because I developed an ephemeral crush on Bill Murray (and because I now know 101 ways to commit suicide. I joke, relax).
Instead of talking about one subject, I'll just run through a list of things I learned to day...ready, set, GO!
John Locke is full of shit and I'm not sure I appreciate his overuse of commas--make up your freakin' mind. A concise summary of what we went over (Second Treatise of Gov.)-->
There is no true line of succession from Adam--how can we verify paternity?So, no divine right to rule (blasphemy!) Oh but, we're all children of God and therefore, God's possession, so we have no claim against each other's bodies; He will only discuss political power; We need capital punishment to preserve property (from body to shoelace); Unlike Hobbes, more concerned about protecting people from foreigners and not themselves; inconspicuously introduces idea of law and government; we need reason to make government work, of course he who will "but consult it"...good luck with that; those in power (magistrates, he calls them) cannot rule by whim like kings; and the best part: government CAN'T touch your property...ha!
That's all we really got to..and that's all the time I have for now because I'm looking out the window and it's as white as my Mac and though my life is full of revelatory events (...sure), for the moment, I'd rather be outside in the real world.
Punxsutawney Phil was right, though...six more weeks of winter.
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