The Art of Liberty (A Rising Tide Foundation Anthology vol 1)

In this Rising Tide Foundation seasonal Anthology which we titled ‘The Art of Liberty’ you will be taken through a journey that unites both profound Truths and playful Imagination taking you through ancient history, the rise of the 15th century Golden Renaissance and the battles of 1776 as you’ve never seen it.

While dry chronicling of revolutionary battles, wars and peace treaties have been written to fit numerous libraries, as far as this writer knows, nothing similar to what is conveyed in this present anthology has ever been done before.

The contributors to this book do not merely ask: How did the revolution of 1776 happen, and why did efforts to replicate this movement fail in France in 1789 and again in 1730? But as you will see, our writers go deeper by evaluating what were the cultural dynamics that made the American republic a possibility and what were those cultural failings that ensured Europe would remain chained to systems of hereditary rule? They ask such forbidden questions as: ‘what were the common battles between opposing paradigms of human nature that shaped the opposing constitutions of Solon’s Athens vs Lycurgus’ Sparta which again replicated itself in the clash of paradigms expressed by Plato’s worldview when contrasted to the younger Aristotle, and which principles of artistic expression shape societies that are worthy of political freedom vs those that are doomed to collapse into slavery and feudalism?

By reviewing the dual role of cutting edge scientific discoveries spearheaded by Benjamin Franklin, as well as artistic breakthroughs in painting, poetry, literature and drama led by republican artists across the Trans Atlantic during the 18-19th centuries, you will be introduced into the study of Universal History as both a science and also an art unto itself.

All will admit that a revolution in statecraft may result in an improved or worsened condition of life for a society and its people… so what determines whether or not a revolution will be in harmony with Natural Law, or will decay into a Jacobin bloodbath? Might the artists have something to do with this?

Additionally, IF a successful revolution does occur, then what will ensure that its successes do not come undone during the ensuing decades as the living memory held by those leaders of a healthy revolution get old and die? Might the arts have something to do with this too?