How can we ensure the preservation of democracy? By adopting the virtues of our founding fathers.
On the latest episode of the Walker Webcast, we featured Willy’s discussion with Jeffrey Rosen – president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, host of the weekly podcast We the People (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431), professor of law at the George Washington University Law School, and contributing editor of The Atlantic – from the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference.
Their conversation centered around themes from Jeff’s newest book The Pursuit of Happiness (https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Happiness-Classical-Inspired-Founders/dp/1797171771/ref=asc_df_1797171771): How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America, including the lives of the founding fathers and their quest for virtue, their emphasis on self-mastery and character development, how social media is validating the founding fathers’ fears of unmediated democracy, the state of play in American politics today, and much more.
Key Points In The Webcast:
00:00 Introduction
02:24 Jeffrey’s education: Lessons learned
05:09 Losing his dad and the love of reading
10:30 How COVID and reading transforms routines
11:43 Pythagoras and his influence on Cicero
15:14 Cicero: A better writer or orator?
16:08 John Quincy Adams’ pursuit of virtue
20:32 The contradiction of Thomas Jefferson’s life
25:11 Benjamin Franklin’s 13 virtues
27:16 How does one track their virtues?
32:15 The struggle with humility
37:59 The discipline of reading in the morning
39:25 The link between health and lifelong learning
41:40 Thomas Jefferson’s note on a president losing an election
50:16 Jeffrey’s podcast and hearing scholarly opinions
55:27 The Liberty award winners
56:41 Can we survive a year worse than 2020?
58:34 Comparing Hamilton and Jefferson
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