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In the late sixteenth century, Wawrzyniec Goślicki authored "De Optimo Senatore" ("The Accomplished Senator"), a bold argument for a politics grounded in natural law, civic virtue, and the constitutional liberties of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Joined by Walker Haskins, our editor for intellectual history, Paul Meany, covers Goślicki’s career as a bishop, diplomat, and political theorist. They discuss Goślicki’s vision of checks on executive power and his rejection of arbitrary rule.
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In the late sixteenth century, Wawrzyniec Goślicki authored "De Optimo Senatore" ("The Accomplished Senator"), a bold argument for a politics grounded in natural law, civic virtue, and the constitutional liberties of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Joined by Walker Haskins, our editor for intellectual history, Paul Meany, covers Goślicki’s career as a bishop, diplomat, and political theorist. They discuss Goślicki’s vision of checks on executive power and his rejection of arbitrary rule.
More podcast episodes: libertarianism.org/podcasts/portraits-liberty
If you like our content, don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel!
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More about Libertarianism.org:
Libertarianism.org is the Cato Institute’s treasury of resources about the theory and history of liberty.
We offer a wealth of original essays and classic reprints by great classical liberals and libertarians as well as articles from modern-day thinkers, book reviews, four podcasts, a libertarian encyclopedia, videos, online introductory courses, and books on a variety of topics within the libertarian tradition.
