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Episode 116: Charles Zug - Demagogues in American Politics

The Political Theory Review

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I Think the Classical View of Political Science Is Educative to Virtue

I like the way that you rehabilitated or applied this, in a way familiar distinction between a sort of classical way of thinking about political science is educative to virtue versus a kind of modern enlightenment view. The old adage of aiming lower and channeling passions and interests rather than reforming them really opens up things. I thought we could just, just a few more minutes on the classical view though, because there is one of my favorite places, Aristophanes Nites from that period.

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