DIA-Today: Democracy in America Today

We conclude season three by reflecting on the influence of music in shaping the soul and the city from the very end of Aristotle’s Politics.

We discuss Aristotle’s account of the relationship between education and the regime and the state of public and private education today.

We continue our discussion of the conditions necessary for Aristotle’s best regime, reflecting on his account of the public consequences of family life.

We continue our discussion of the conditions necessary for Aristotle’s best regime, reflecting on the inculcation of virtue and the means and ends of the American regime.

We continue our discussion of the conditions necessary for Aristotle’s best regime with special focus on a robust public life.

We discuss the population and geographic circumstances that lead to the best regime and the remarkable blessings enjoyed by the United States.

We discuss Aristotle’s account of happiness for the individual and the nation and the fundamental debate over the nature of the best life in the light of Christ’s death and resurrection.

We discuss Aristotle’s account of the best and worst oligarchies and the progressive development of the American national government.

We discuss the four kinds of democracy and the importance of understanding the nature of one’s own regime to be an excellent citizen or statesman.

We reflect on how different institutional structures, laws, and economic ways of life affect the character of a regime.