History Of Ideas

April 2025

• Apr 30, 2025CultureWhat Was the Enlightenment? Ideas That Shaped the Modern EraA comprehensive guide to the Enlightenment: its key ideas, thinkers, and legacy, from Voltaire and Locke to Kant, Adam Smith, and the revolutions...15 MIN4.6k

April 2024

• Apr 22, 2024CultureLiberalism: Understanding Its Philosophical RootsA clear account of liberalism as a political philosophy, from Locke and Mill to Rawls and Hayek, covering its founding ideas, internal tensions,...16 MIN5.7k

July 2022

• Jul 31, 2022ExplainersThe Labor Theory of Value and Its Historical ContextThe labor theory of value is Marx's foundational economic concept. Understand its origins in Ricardo, Marx's development of it, the transformation...17 MIN9.1k