The Declaration of Independence, Thomas Paine, and Your Freedom by Andrew J. Galambos Softcover

1 review for The Declaration of Independence, Thomas Paine, and Your Freedom by Andrew J. Galambos Softcover

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Pete – October 12, 2022

   This book is a real tribute to Professor Andrew J. Galambos, and a major celebration of Western civilization and its rich history at a time when some people with perverted agendas are trying to destroy it. There is much historical information and strong evidence that Thomas Paine was the actual original author of the Declaration of Independence—certainly the ideological author. Galambos maintains that what Thomas Paine started is the beginning of a much larger concept of freedom, a larger American Revolution and a much larger concept than we struggle with now—which is still anchored to the Newtonian principles of rational scientific thinking from which you can develop a higher level social structure (that includes morality). And we’d better get with it, or there may not be a species at all. ‘The bomb’ matters and now we have biological weapons capable of wiping out humanity completely.

   With Galambos’ deep understanding of American history and our ideological heritage of pursuing freedom, this book will help you understand what the American founders really thought and really said about the real purpose of the American Revolution. It will help you put things in perspective if you’re a history student or if you’ve read background documents like Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiment or the writings of Etienne de la Boetie or Locke.

   The lectures point out that the Declaration of Independence was an attempt to improve things with a political system based more on natural law than on hereditary monarchy. It was indeed a start. And now the second phase of the American Revolution is here. For people interested in Galambos’ ideas on freedom and volitional science the last section (lecture) in the book is a great introduction. Wouldn’t it be pleasant in the future to not have children grow up without constant fear of nuclear war, without having crime and racial mayhem on the news constantly, without having victimhood officially confirmed as a virtue by the ‘government’ and without politicians claiming that no responsible person should even want to bring children into the world?

   Read the V-76 Lectures and take a deep breath. At the end of the book, Galambos’ lecture includes an introduction to volitional science and shows the connections between it and Paine’s thinking. You see, Paine was a student of Isaac Newton, including some knowledge of astronomy. He was a rational thinker. So was Galambos a Newtonian and an astrophysicist. After much clear thinking, just as physics requires clear thinking, his main premise is that we can live without politics quite well simply by being rational, and moral. You’ll see that moral behavior for thousands of years has been centered around respect for property. And, you’ll see that we’re thankfully on the verge of a second American Revolution that could change the world.

   Spaceland Publications has again done a great job of making Galambos’ lectures available as originally presented to live audiences, word for word, easy to read with an excellent table of contents and an amazingly thorough index to find any topic in seconds. If you’re curious about our American historical beginnings and want new and correct thinking about freedom itself—not just acceptance of the political state or more drivel about which political party is best—this book is for you. You might then want to read the entire 15 volume lecture series, with many more exciting and innovative ideas, also from Spaceland Publications.