jan 1, 1780 - Berlin Academy’s Debate on Political Honesty (1780)
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1780 — Frederick the Great provokes a major philosophical debate by asking the Berlin Academy whether it is ever useful for rulers to deceive the people.-------------------------
Frederick the Great, near the end of his life, sparked a major intellectual debate within the Berlin Academy by asking whether rulers should ever deceive their people — a question many found disturbing, but one he used to push Enlightenment thinkers to confront the real complexities of political power.
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jan 1, 1780
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~ 246 years ago