ClaimsPeter Thiel

“Because Girard rightly views this account as preposterous, he considers the social contract to be the fundamental lie of the Enlightenment”

Peter Thiel 2007 The Straussian Moment (gwern.net (PDF))

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Because Girard rightly views this account as preposterous, he considers the social contract to be the fundamental lie of the Enlightenment

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Peter Thiel, “Because Girard rightly views this account as preposterous, he considers the social contract to be the fundamental lie of the Enlightenment” (said 2007). Verdict: not checkable. Reliability API, claim c_4b17c2c19155, method 0.1.0+3e03e2df, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_4b17c2c19155

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