As much as Machiavelli, who in the Discourses on Livy observed that a “corrupt people,†if it should obtain freedom, “can hardly preserve it,†Myron Magnet believes that private virtue is essential to the flourishing of a free society.
Jonathan Swift was one of the most secretive men who ever lived, the Howard Hughes of 18th-century Britain. Given how well-known his name is today, it comes as a surprise to learn that most of his writings were initially published anonymously.
When George Anastaplo died on February 14, 2014, he was a distinguished professor at the Loyola University Law School and in the Basic Program in the Liberal Arts at the University of Chicago. He was also a professor emeritus at Dominican University (formerly Rosary College).