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Tag: freedom
Westphalia, Sovereignty, and Freedom
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It is not often that I take the time to summarize an article about the relevance of the Peace of Westphalia, but I am going to do so this time because it is such an interesting article, even if it repeats misconceptions about Westphalia. The title is “Freedom, Sovereignty, and Individual Rights,” and it was …
Westphalia and Free Expression
I found a reference to the Peace of Westphalia in an unlikely place today: in an article on free expression. “The idea of free expression traces itself back to the Peace of Westphalia,” reads the dubious sentence. I understand that the author is trying to connect religious liberty with freedom of thought, and freedom of …