We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should do less.

Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived.

Leibniz dedicated his life to efforts to educate people to understand that true happiness is found by locating their identity in benefitting mankind and their posterity.

The myth that John Locke was the philosopher behind the American Republic, is easily refuted by examining how Locke's philosophy steered Thomas Jefferson, for example.

A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional surplus, which is invested in generating new discoveries in science and technology.

We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should do less.

The American Revolution was, in fact, a battle against the philosophy of Locke and the English utilitarians.