American government institutions are complex, but understanding them is a necessary responsibility for concerned citizens. How can we effect change unless we’re informed?
Last week, I shared the first four of eight Aristotelian concepts that America’s Founders borrowed from the great Greek philosopher. In this post, I share four more concepts. In the coming weeks, I plan to look at a couple of specific issues in Aristotle that caught my eye (legislation of sexual relations within a polity […]
“Happiness” isn’t overrated in America so much as it is misunderstood. Popular culture certainly interprets the iconic line of the Declaration of Independence regarding “the pursuit of happiness” as some kind of individual quest for meaning and fulfillment. However, considered in the context of the reading Thomas Jefferson did (and not in terms of the
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