A BEND IN THE RIVER
August 31, 1998 · Blog, Clifford Orwin
Why mince words? The 1502 scheme concocted by Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli -- a rare case of collaboration between geniuses of the first order -- proved an utter fiasco.
Political Philosopher and Academic
Clifford Orwin
2 articles 1996–1998
Clifford Orwin is a professor of political science at the University of Toronto, known for his scholarship on classical political philosophy and modern liberal democracy. He contributed essays to The Weekly Standard in the late 1990s engaging with political theory and intellectual culture.
MICHAEL SANDEL'S AMERICA
May 20, 1996 · Blog, Clifford Orwin
Michael J. Sandel tackles the widely shared dissatisfaction with contemporary America from a "communitarian" perspective in his newly published Democracy's Discontent: America in Search of a Public Philosophy (Harvard University Press, 417 pages, $ 24.95).