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The bearing of arms is the essential medium through which the individual asserts both his social power and his participation in politics as a responsible moral being...

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My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.
Herbert Read

J. G. A. Pocock

J. G. A. Pocock

Born: March 7, 1924
Died: December 12, 2023 (aged 99)
Bio: John Greville Agard Pocock was a historian of political thought from New Zealand.
Known for:
  1. The Machiavellian Moment (1975)
  2. Barbarism and religion (1999)
  3. The ancient constitution and the feudal law (1957)
  4. Virtue, commerce, and history (1976)
  5. The discovery of islands (2005)

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