Gerard Casey, professor emeritus of philosophy at University College, Dublin, wrote a massive history of political thought from a libertarian perspective, called Freedom’s Progress?: A History of Political Thought. Today I throw questions at him about Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, primarily related to what people who favor a free society should think about them.

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Freedom’s Progress? A History of Political Thought

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