F. Joe Haydn
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« on: May 04, 2020, 12:45:44 PM » |
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Overrated: Edmund Burke. Basically just a standard Whiggish classical liberal who is worshiped by a lot of modern conservatives for saying some bad things about the French Revolution.
Underrated: Lord Bolingbroke. Had a massive influence on both the American Patriots and George III via his writings against political corruption, most notably in The Patriot King. His deism was also important in shaping the young Voltaire's ideas on religion. Ironically, Burke's quote about Bolingbroke shows just how underrated he is: "Who now reads Bolingbroke, who ever read him through?"
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