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The book talks about the philosophical influences on the Founders of America, specifically focusing on Stoicism.
The book First Principles is incredible and talks about the philosophical influences on the Founders.
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The book talks about the philosophical influences on the Founders of America, specifically focusing on Stoicism.
The book First Principles is incredible and talks about the philosophical influences on the Founders.
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The book explored the philosophical underpinnings of the American Revolution, focusing on what the founders were reading and discussing, however, it didn't explicitly mention Stoicism.
I loved Tom Rick's book, First Principles, which we carry at the pain of porch.
He talked about what was the philosophical underpinnings of the American revolution?
What were the founders reading and talking about?
And it's a great book, but he doesn't explicitly talk about Stoicism really at all.
I thought that was, I was disappointed when I was hoping someone would home in on just that.
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This book, exploring the ideas of the American founders and their early education, was mentioned in the context of their exposure to Stoicism and other classical philosophies.
if you read his book first principles
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This book by Thomas Ricks was mentioned in relation to the reading habits of General Mattis. The book was used to illustrate the enduring relevance of ancient wisdom in modern contexts.
he wrote first principles which is about the beliefs of the founding fathers he wrote I think fiasco about the war and records anyways he he wrote in one of his books he was talking about he's like you can imagine Mattis stressed out life or death all this stuff's happening he's dusty and dirty he's thousands of miles from home and he goes into his bag or his tent or reaches into the car and he picks up this book this two thousand year old book written by a guy also on campaign he was trying to center himself yeah himself down remind himself of his values
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This book was mentioned as another great book, and it was noted that George Washington modeled his life after Cato, a prominent figure in this book.
When I had Tom Rick's on the podcast, who's another great book I highly recommend First Principles which we also sell in the bookstore.
You know, Kato was Washington's Kato. Washington built his whole life around living up to the example of Cato and he didn't always get there but he pushed himself to get there.
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It details a group of men in the late 1700s who were steeped in Greek and Roman philosophy and who sought to form a more perfect union.
They sought to form a more perfect union just as forescore and seven years later Lincoln would carry on that work.
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The podcast host recommended this book by Tom Rickson, noting that it is another great book.
When I had Tom Rickson on the podcast, who's another great book, I highly recommend First Principles, which we also sell in the bookstore.
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It was described as a "jewel of a book" by General Mattis, and discussed the founding fathers' familiarity with ancient Stoics and how that shaped the country. The paperback version was recently released.
Tom Ricks knocks it out of the park with his jewel of a book and every page I learned something new. Read it every night if you want to restore your faith in our country.
First principles what America's founders learned from the Greeks and Romans and how that shaped our country.
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The book, focusing on the beliefs of America's founders, was mentioned in relation to the podcast host's work, which explores and examines widely held beliefs and assumptions.
I was just talking to Tom Rex who wrote this book called First Principles which is really about what did the founders believe as they were creating America but the concept of first principles seems to kind of be at the root of your work which is in the sense that you're like you know instead of just assuming that all these things are true all these sort of lessons or rules or guidelines why don't we actually explore them and see if this is what we're doing this is not what doing is that sort of how you think about your work.
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The book, First Principles, was favorably mentioned. The speaker noted that philosophically-inspired founders believed that liberty from the state was intended to be checked by private virtue.
Anyone who has read Thomas Ricks' wonderful book First Principles or listened to my great interview with him here on the Daily Stoke podcast, you know that the philosophically inspired founders believed very deeply that liberty from the state was always intended to be checked by private virtue.
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The podcast host discussed the book with its author, Thomas Ricks. The book explores the influence of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy on the Founding Fathers of America and how their understanding of those principles shaped the country, highlighting both positive and negative aspects.
The book is First Principles What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country.
Thomas Ricks knocks it out of the park with this jewel of a book. On every page I learned something new. Read it every night if you want to restore your faith in this country.
Absolutely, and to a degree that I think we don't recognize. We're not even equipped as a society generally to recognize. They took their inspiration to a surprising degree from the ancient world.
They would find it surprising, but remember it wasn't everybody then, it was elites.
So it is all around us, but we don't even see what is in front of our eyes.