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Interview: Ben Kleinerman on the Federalist Papers | The New Thinkery Ep. 60

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The Constitution and Its Purpose

In the federalist papers, they were not only tat they were writing for history, not just for the to persuade. Persuasion was obviously important, but it's striking the extent to which their eyes are on bigger things than just persuading the people at their time. I mean, i think these weren't, these were men with vague ambitions and bag ideas. These are papers then reflect those those things, you know, and get the veneration passage. This is about why this constitution, because it's so good, will be venerated in the future, and that will bus buttress its its goodnessea.

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