Why Montesquieu is wrong and I am right

Why Montesquieu is wrong and I am right

Montesquieu (whose full name hardly anyone knows – I do: Charles Louis Joseph de Secondat, Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu, thanks to the wonderful connections on the cheap that my mind can usually establish: Charlot is the second) enumerated the three classic...
Useful for nothing

Useful for nothing

In a trance of total self-absorption, I have suddenly realized that I am useful for nothing. The adjective “useful” has utilitarian connotations that anchor it to the Platonic sensitive (material) world and, consequently, it is light years away from the intelligible...