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Is it true Rousseau abandoned his 5 children? What happened to them? Why would we ever value his book on child-rearing, if he literally dumped them in an orphanarium because they were inconvenient for him?

154 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Can you make a liberal autocracy?

103 upvotes • r/victoria3

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How much of an ‘economic populist’ was Caesar really?

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What did medieval people think eye floaters were?

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I read that Socrates supposedly went into trances like a mystic. Where can I learn more about the "mystical" side of this thinker?

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Is there a best tax rate?

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What happened to the Tlaxcala?

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How much did a late medieval county bring in in revenue?

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Thomas Sowell said that Ronald Reagan was ‘so liberal the FBI was watching him’ in his youth. Is this true? Wikipedia says he was a Democrat before 1962. Where can I learn more about the ‘liberal’ (by the American meaning of the word) Ronald Reagan?

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Why didn't Marx offer a better form of government than "dictatorship of the proletariat," given the fallibility of human nature?

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Is it true Rousseau abandoned his 5 children? What happened to them? Why would we ever value his book on child-rearing, if he literally dumped them in an orphanarium because they were inconvenient for him?	154	AskHistorians
Can you make a liberal autocracy?	103	victoria3
How much of an ‘economic populist’ was Caesar really?	35	AskHistorians
What did medieval people think eye floaters were?	30	AskHistorians
I read that Socrates supposedly went into trances like a mystic. Where can I learn more about the "mystical" side of this thinker?	12	AskHistorians
Is there a best tax rate?	12	victoria3
What happened to the Tlaxcala?	11	AskHistorians
How much did a late medieval county bring in in revenue?	11	AskHistorians
Thomas Sowell said that Ronald Reagan was ‘so liberal the FBI was watching him’ in his youth. Is this true? Wikipedia says he was a Democrat before 1962. Where can I learn more about the ‘liberal’ (by the American meaning of the word) Ronald Reagan?	7	AskHistorians
Why didn't Marx offer a better form of government than "dictatorship of the proletariat," given the fallibility of human nature?	3	AskHistorians