FaCT Distinguished Speaker Series – Presenting Prophetic Voices for our Time
David Lay Williams, author of, The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx, shares bold new perspectives on the writings and ideas of Plato, Jesus, Thomas Hobbes, Jean- Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, and Karl Marx. He shows how they describe economic
inequality as a source of political instability and a corrupter of character and soul, and how they view unchecked inequality as a threat to their most cherished values, such as justice, faith, civic harmony, peace, democracy, and freedom. Williams draws invaluable insights into the societal problems generated by what Plato called “the greatest of all plagues,” and examines the solutions employed through the centuries.
WHERE Online Zoom
WHEN Aug 22, 2026 3:00 P.M.
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