Ned Ryun Traces the U.S. Founders’ Ideas to the Scottish Enlightenment and God-Given Rights
Ned Ryun argues that the intellectual roots of the American Founding are not as simple as many people assume, and that a major influence came from the Scottish Enlightenment. In his framing, the Enlightenment represented a sweeping shift in how political authority should be understood: rather than relying on divine right claims that justified kings… Read More »