I was rereading Shadow of the Giant recently and was thinking about it. Does anybody else find it ironic that the real Locke (from the 1600's) had the view that Government is a contract between the people and the rulers and that that contract can be broken by either party while one of the foundations of the FPE is that no member state can leave? Just pointing this out. Sorry if it's already been mentioned.
Posted by NickVicious (Member # 12010) on :
Hmm, that is irnoic in a way. I haven't read Shadow of the Giant yet, but it would be doubtful that OSC would be incorporating John Locke's theories into his writing. at least to that degree, this far into the series. Interesting observation though.
Posted by K_heron (Member # 8893) on :
I'm not sure that it is improbable that OSC would take into account Locke's philosophies when choosing to incorporate the name. It is ironic, and I think that irony may have been intentional.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
It's not surprising considering that OSC is a devout statist. As long as he holds onto a single character long enough, that character eventually starts espousing his own philosophies- it always seems quite important to OSC to define his characters as extraordinarily smart, so as to lend credence to their ideologies or actions. It's a great trick.
Posted by DDDaysh (Member # 9499) on :