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Churchill’s Novel “Savrola” (1): Polestar of a Statesman’s Philosophy
18
Feb
2021
By PATRICK J.C. POWERS
Savrola voices Churchill’s fundamental political and ethical principles at the very moment when he settled on them for the rest of his life.
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A.L. Rowse,
Anthony Hope,
Aristotle,
Arthur Schopenhauer,
Benjamin Disraeli,
Edward Bulwer-Lytton,
Edward Gibbon,
H. Rider Haggard,
J.E.C. Welldon,
Joseph Conrad,
Lady Randolph Churchill,
Munich crisis,
Patrick J.C. Powers,
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Socrates,
Thomas Babington Macaulay,
Winston S. Churchill,
Which Historical and Contemporary Figures were Churchill’s Inspirations?
16
Mar
2020
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
These are just a few of the classical authors Churchill read in his self-education as a young man. They form an adjunct to the more recent and direct inspirations, the figures of more recent centuries.
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Andrew Roberts,
Aristotle,
Bourke Cockran,
Cicero,
Duke of Marlborough,
Georges Clemenceau,
Great Contemporaries,
Horatio Nelson,
John Morley,
Justin Lyons,
Leo Strauss,
Lord Randolph Churchill,
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Socrates,
Thucydides,
War of Spanish Succession,
Winston S. Churchill,
Xenophon,
Learning for Political Leadership: The Churchill Example
06
Nov
2019
By STEVEN GOLDFIEN M.D.
It’s no coincidence that Winston Churchill, perhaps the greatest statesman in living memory, was remarkably well-versed in history and classic literature. His own writing earned a Nobel Prize, much of it on history and the philosophy of government. Churchill had a profound grasp of human knowledge, learning and behavior, transcending both time and culture. Thus he distilled and expressed the essence of complex issues, making them both approachable and politically effective.
“Winston Churchill on Politics as Friendship,” by John von Heyking
06
Jun
2019
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By BRADLEY P. TOLPPANEN
Von Heyking offers an interesting scholarly work that places Churchill’s many political friendships within a philosophical grounding.