Question
This man argued that it is “better to have a friend than a slave” in his seminal Essay on Diplomacy, which he wrote under the pseudonym “Philhellène” (“feel-eh-LEN”). For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this man who founded the Historical and Literary Society in Paris. This man bought the Hôtel Lambert, which lends its name to a faction of people led by this man that participated in the Great Emigration.
ANSWER: Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (“char-to-RISS-kee”) [or Adam George Czartoryski]
[10e] In his Essay on Diplomacy, Czartoryski argued that the Seven Years’ War and these events destroyed the “morality” of the Treaty of Westphalia. The Kościuszko (“kosh-CHOOSH-ko”) Uprising opposed these three late 18th-century events.
ANSWER: partitions of Poland [prompt on partitions]
[10m] The Essay on Diplomacy claims that nationalist movements would weaken Russia’s influence, which this man supported with his “Prometheism” ideology. Czartoryski may have inspired this 20th-century Polish leader’s plan to unite former Polish-Lithuanian lands into the “Intermarium.”
ANSWER: Józef Piłsudski (“pee-oo-SOODS-kee”) [or Józef Klemens Piłsudski]
<History - European History>
Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 50% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU! | Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Thompson et al. | I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UBC | throw away your cards, rally in the streets | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |