Free Thinkers Book Group

Join FROG, the Free thinkers Reading Opportunity Group, for the Saturday March 14 book group meeting from 2-3:30 PM.

In March we'll be discussing The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America by Jeffrey Rosen,

Adapted from Goodreads:
The Declaration of Independence identified “the pursuit of happiness” as one of Americans' unalienable rights, along with life and liberty. Author Rosen, the president of the National Constitution Center, profiles six of the most influential founders—Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton—to show what pursuing happiness meant in their lives.
By reading the classical Greek and Roman moral philosophers who inspired the Founders, Rosen shows us how they understood the pursuit of happiness as a quest for being good, not feeling good—the pursuit of lifelong virtue, not short-term pleasure. Among those virtues were the habits of industry, temperance, moderation, and sincerity, which the Founders viewed as part of a daily struggle for self-improvement, character development, and calm self-mastery.

The Pursuit of Happiness is more than an elucidation of the Declaration’s famous phrase; it is a revelatory journey into the minds of the Founders, and a deep, rich, and fresh understanding of the foundation of our democracy.

This book group is sponsored by the Jefferson Humanists (Find Friends. Share Ideas. Do Good.) To learn more about us, see jeffersonhumanists.org. You can find our reading list for the entire year there.

The Humanists provide snacks, bring your own beverage of choice. Please RSVP to this Meetup so I know how many chairs to set out!

Upcoming Book Group Meetings:
Saturday April 11 - This Other Eden by Paul Harding
Saturday May 14 - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley