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454 | Jeffrey Rosen: How the Education of the Founders Can Inspire the Next Generation of American Leaders
The Realignment
Exploring the Influence of Greek and Roman Philosophy on the Founders' Thoughts on Happiness
The chapter delves into how the Greeks and Romans influenced the founders' ideas regarding the pursuit of happiness. It discusses Benjamin Franklin's pursuit of moral perfection through inspiration from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations and Thomas Jefferson's reading list, which included works by stoics and Enlightenment philosophers. The speaker recounts their personal journey of reading these books during COVID, which transformed their perspective on happiness and self-government.
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