Nature and the Nation
Nature and the Nation explores politics, philosophy, psychology, sociology and economics from a naturalistic, paleoconservative perspective, using the format of a book review.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 66 minutes
- Episodes
- 155
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Review: The Trial of Socrates by I. F. Stone
In this episode I analyze I. F. Stone's critique of Socrates and his followers, as described in his book The Trial of Socrates. I focus on Socrates' hostility to democracy, the inadequecy of universa…
01:24:54 |
Sat 14 Sep 2024
Review: History of Political Philosophy (Thucydides) edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey
In this episode I revisit Thucydides as discussed by David Bolotin in the classic History of Political Philosophy edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey. I focus on Alcibiades, Nicias, and the Sici…
00:46:31 |
Sun 01 Sep 2024
Review: Thucydides on Justice, Power, and Human Nature edited by Paul Woodruff
In this episode I look at the conflict between Democracy and Oligarchy in the Peloponnesian War as described by Thucydides and translated and abridged by Paul Woodruff.
00:59:06 |
Sun 25 Aug 2024
Review: Social Darwinism in American Thought by Richard Hofstadter
In this episode I look at the late 19th Century Darwinian Conservatism of Herbert Spencer, William Graham Sumner, and reactions by William James and others as described in Richard Hofstadter's Social…
01:08:35 |
Fri 23 Aug 2024
Review: The Social Contract Theorists (Hobbes's War of All Against All) edited by Chris Morris
In this episode I look at Gregory Kavka's 'Hobbes's War of All Against All' in The Social Contract Theorists edited by Christopher W. Morris, with a special focus on the prisoner's dilemma and nation…
00:46:40 |
Sat 10 Aug 2024
Review: History of Political Philosophy (Rousseau) edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey
In this episode I return to Strauss and Cropsey collection, History of Political Philosophy, to focus on Alan Bloom's examination of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the general will, and the potential conflic…
00:59:01 |
Sun 04 Aug 2024
Review: The Reveries of the Solitary Walker by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
In this episode I wander through Rousseau's final book, published posthumously, The Reveries of the Solitary Walker. I look at the difference between youth and old age, trusting yourself and others, …
01:07:40 |
Sat 27 Jul 2024
Review: The Rise and Fall of Scottish Common Sense Realism by Douglas McDermid
In this episode I take a first look at Scottish Common Sense Philosophy as described by Douglas McDermid in The Rise and Fall of Scottish Common Sense Realism, with the aim of providing an overview o…
01:23:03 |
Mon 22 Jul 2024
Review: A Republic, Not an Empire by Patrick Buchanan
In this episode I examine Buchanan's case for non-interventionism, or isolationism, as made in A Republic, Not an Empire. I take a look a the League of Nations and US policy after the Cold War.
00:39:58 |
Sun 02 Jun 2024
Review: Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg
In this episode I look at Jonah Goldberg's examination of the fascist tendencies of President Woodrow Wilson in his classic book, Liberal Fascism.
01:09:35 |
Sun 26 May 2024
Review: To Make Men Free by Heather Cox Richardson
In this episode I look at two Republican Presidents, Taft and Harding, as detailed in Heather Cox Richardson's history of the Republican Party, To Make Men Free.
00:56:01 |
Sun 19 May 2024
The Pursuit of Certainty by Shirley Robin Letwin
In this episode I look at Letwin's collection of philosophical biographies, The Pursuit of Certainty, with a special focus on David Hume and his thoughts on virtue, prudence, and politics.
00:39:42 |
Sat 11 May 2024
Review: The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
In this episode, I explore Eric Hoffer's description of the various types of people that constitute the leaders and followers of mass movements, as described in his classic 1951 book, The True Believ…
00:51:21 |
Sun 21 Apr 2024
Review: The Sophists by W. K. C. Guthrie
In this episode I examine the competing forces of Physis (Nature) and Nomos (Custom) as detailed in the erudite examination The Sophists by W. K. C. Guthrie.
01:15:10 |
Sun 14 Apr 2024
Review: From Religion to Philosophy by F. M. Cornford
In this episode I examine the connections between Nomos, Physis, and Moira in early Greek philosophy as detailed by Cornford in From Religion to Philosophy.
01:01:13 |
Sun 07 Apr 2024
Review: The Iliad by Homer
In this episode I look at the violent glory of war in Homer's Iliad, as detailed in Bernard Knox's introduction to the Robert Fagles translation of this classic epic poem of war, and several choice r…
00:43:58 |
Sun 31 Mar 2024
Review: Sailing the Wine Dark Sea by Thomas Cahill
In this episode I look at Thomas Cahill's examination of Ancient Greece in Sailing the Wine Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter. I pay special attention to the first three chapter where Cahill discusses …
00:50:35 |
Sat 23 Mar 2024
Review: History of Political Philosophy (Hume) edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey
In this episode I explore another essay in Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey's massive History of Political Philosophy 3rd Edition. This time it's David Hume and his so-called skepticism, which I call i…
00:35:09 |
Sat 23 Mar 2024
Review: History of Political Philosophy (Montesquieu) edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey
In this episode I explore another essays in Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey's massive History of Political Philosophy 3rd Edition, this time looking at an essay by David Lowenthal that discusses Monte…
01:02:35 |
Sat 09 Mar 2024
Review: History of Political Philosophy (Locke) edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey
In this episode I explore another essays in Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey's massive History of Political Philosophy 3rd Edition, this time looking at an essay by Robert A. Goldwin discussing John Lo…
01:15:57 |
Tue 05 Mar 2024
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