Neferti’s Prophecies and After, The Assassination of the Chosen One

I went back to Ancient Egyptian stuff today, looking at two scrolls of papyrus that were written, seemingly around the same time, dealing with the rule of a Pharaoh of the Middle Kingdom named Amenemhet I. Taken individually these are pretty short, and taken together, they are hilarious in hindsight. In the first piece, known …

John Locke’s 1st Treatise of Government, Part III

Now that I am no longer bound by the time limit on my viewing of the laws of Eshnunna, I've gone back to the final chapter of Locke's First Treatise of Government where he completely obliterates Sir Robert Filmer's assertion of the divine right of the king through being the firstborn of Adam. It was …

The Laws of Eshnunna

My next library book came in last week and I only had a week to read it, so before I get to John Locke's Second Treatise of Government, I had to take a break in order to see what the translation of these ancient tablets were all about. It was fun, to say the least, …

John Locke’s 1st Treatise of Government Part II

I think I'm getting towards the end of John Locke's first treatise as he completes his smackdown on Sir Robert Filmer's Patriarcha. I'm looking forward to the second part because there, I hope I'll get to see the natural law basis on which the Continental Congress wrote the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. …