Law Practice,
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Apr. 9, 2018
A casual shift from economist to philosopher
Corbin Barthold reviews Steve Pinker’s latest book, “Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress.”
Only Thomas Mowbray and Henry Bolingbroke knew for certain the words they had exchanged on a ride in December 1397. Bolingbroke said Mowbray accused the king of swearing a false oath. Mowbray denied the charge. Who was speaking the truth? How to tell? The king, Richard II, ordered trial by battle: God would hand victory to the honest man. In the event, however, God was interrupted. At the last moment the king halted the fight, resumed his absolute judicial authority, ...
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