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The Realignment

454 | Jeffrey Rosen: How the Education of the Founders Can Inspire the Next Generation of American Leaders

The Realignment

The Realignment

Technology, News Commentary, National Security, Marshall Kosloff, International Relations, News, Public Policy, Economics, Politics, Saager Enjeti, U.s. Politics, Policy

4.82.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Jeffrey Rosen, President & CEO of the National Constitution Center and author of The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Jeffrey discuss the Greek and Roman roots of early American political thought, why the founders focused on the pursuit of "virtue," why classical education has become partisan in the 21st century, and the role of education and self-development in the formation of leaders.

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0:00.0

Marshall here. Welcome back to the realignment.

0:05.0

If we take a step back from the day-to-day back and forth between the Biden and Trump campaigns. It's pretty

0:14.3

clear that over the next few election cycles in this country the most defining

0:18.1

issue is going to be generational change and turnover. The silent generation and big be boomer generations

0:24.1

represented by both presidents are no longer going to be in charge of

0:27.8

everything in the presidency to the leadership in the House and Senate to the

0:32.1

morality's and governorships across the country.

0:34.8

So as rising generations, the Exers, millennials, such as myself, and of course the

0:40.4

Zoomers look to taking power, I think it's incredibly important that we look back to how previous

0:46.0

generations met their own challenges so we can actually pick up the baton and not make the mistakes

0:51.6

the previous ones made.

0:53.2

With all that in mind, I had a really great conversation with Jeffrey Rosen, the President and

0:57.6

CEO of the National Constitution Center, about the founding fathers.

1:01.6

He has a new book out, it's called The Pursuit of Happiness,

1:04.0

how classical writers on Virtue inspire the lives of the founders and defined America.

1:09.1

Now normally I'm not really one for a revolutionary war history but be political philosophy.

1:15.0

What was so interesting about this book is that he has produced a work that is really

1:20.0

in the self-help and development category. This is really a book for anyone

1:24.8

interested in leadership and some of the big questions that are raised by

1:28.8

anyone seeking to rule and enact their agenda.

1:32.9

So I really recommend to you listen to this conversation,

1:35.3

but also shut out the book as well.

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