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Entry: A New Humanism in Europe Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/a_new_humanism_in_europe#6240 Post contents: Scrolling up, Sid quoted Newman who said, "A man will live and die for his God, his king, his mother, and all three; but no one will be a martyr to the conclusion of a syllogism." Yep, and that's exactly why Marxist-Leninist ideology was doomed from the start, stillborn in the cradle, and why America's greatest waste of blood and treasure in the past century was the Cold War. Nationalism, on the other hand, just lives on and on. By the way, perhaps peculiarly for an international law scholar (or academic, or whatever my "guild" is supposed to be), I've read very little political philosophy and deliberately forgotten most of the bits I've read. Shakespeare has taught me more about political philosophy than any poli sci curriculum could ever do. So, for that matter, have Monty Python and South Park. Sent at: 2008 11 22