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1 Dec 2021 Conversations with Tyler Ruth Scurr on the Art of Biography
“We have these debates in Britain about the role of the monarch and how important — Condorcet was like, “Hey, you just need an automaton, and you can bring him out or her at Easter and any other time you feel like, Wimbledon or for the football, and it doesn’t need to be an actual person.” I think he was, obviously, being very witty — but he’s a republican.”
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- 1 Dec 2021
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…Should we adopt Condorcet’s idea of a mechanical king? Why did that make sense to him? Well, that’s a humorous contribution from him. Actually, I’m completely with him on that. I have no problem. We have these debates in Britain about the role of the monarch and how important — Condorcet was like, “Hey, you just need an automaton, and you can bring him out or her at Easter and any other time you feel like, Wimbledon or for the football, and it doesn’t need to be an actual person.” I think he was, obviously, being very witty — but he’s a republican. He’s one of the first to come out as a straightforward republican. How was Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments influential during the Terror?…
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