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ANNOUNCEMENT: The Minotaur Book Club
delves into timeless questions and contemporary challenges, inviting participants to explore the roots of governance, liberty, and democracy through the lens of history and philosophy. The discussions will provide a fertile ground for examining how the principles of justice, equality, and collective responsibility have evolved and where they still fall short.
Purpose: The purpose of the book club is to counteract our country’s historical amnesia and strengthen our democracy. To that end, we will read and discuss books that help us to understand the American Project, diagnose persisting problems, and suggest ways to fulfill the mission of the Preamble to the Constitution.
"We the People of the United States, to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
The Minotaur is one of the key archetypes representing the threat to social order when government leaders threaten democracy by converting public goods to private purposes. The best defense for a democracy is educated citizens.
“A society ignorant and free, never was, never will be.” – Thomas Jefferson
“We have given you a republic, if you can keep it.” – Benjamin Franklin
Date and Time
The first meeting will be held on Thursday, June 12th, 6:30pm – 8:30pm EST
and every second Thursday of the month thereafter.
Format:
Cohosts will discuss the book with an expert or author, where possible.
The Question and Comments sections will be monitored, and hosts will answer the audience’s questions after the discussion.
First Book:
Forgotten Founders: Benjamin Franklin, the Iroquois and the Rationale for the American Revolution by Bruce E. Johansen
Available by PDF: https://ratical.org/many_worlds/6Nations/FF.pdf
Available as HTML: https://ratical.org/many_worlds/6Nations/FF.html
Internet Archive: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL15320250M/Forgotten_founders
Or check your local library
An examination of the Native American continuing influence on the American mind, the European Enlightenment, and the U.N. Charter. Forgotten Founders provides a history of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin's experience with the Iroquois Federation and key tribe members, as well as how knowledge of the tribe's governance, philosophy, and key individuals affected America's Founding Generation. The experience with the Iroquois influenced Jean-Jacques Rousseau and other European philosophers. It shows how the social order of the Federation influenced not only the American Constitution but also the Founding Documents of the United Nations.
Members will vote on subsequent books, including:
- The Federalist Papers, Important Sections
- Thomas Paine, Common Sense
- Thomas Hartmann, The Hidden History of The Supreme Court
- Stacy Schiff, The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
- Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
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ANNOUNCEMENT: The Minotaur Book Club
delves into timeless questions and contemporary challenges, inviting participants to explore the roots of governance, liberty, and democracy through the lens of history and philosophy. The discussions will provide a fertile ground for examining how the principles of justice, equality, and collective responsibility have evolved and where they still fall short.Purpose: The purpose of the book club is to counteract our country’s historical amnesia and strengthen our democracy. To that end, we will read and discuss books that help us to understand the American Project, diagnose persisting problems, and suggest ways to fulfill the mission of the Preamble to the Constitution.
"We the People of the United States, to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
The Minotaur is one of the key archetypes representing the threat to social order when government leaders threaten democracy by converting public goods to private purposes. The best defense for a democracy is educated citizens.
“A society ignorant and free, never was, never will be.” – Thomas Jefferson
“We have given you a republic, if you can keep it.” – Benjamin FranklinDate and Time
The first meeting will be held on Thursday, June 12th, 6:30pm – 8:30pm EST
and every second Thursday of the month thereafter.Format:
Cohosts will discuss the book with an expert or author, where possible.
The Question and Comments sections will be monitored, and hosts will answer the audience’s questions after the discussion.First Book:
Forgotten Founders: Benjamin Franklin, the Iroquois and the Rationale for the American Revolution by Bruce E. Johansen
Available by PDF: https://ratical.org/many_worlds/6Nations/FF.pdf
Available as HTML: https://ratical.org/many_worlds/6Nations/FF.html
Internet Archive: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL15320250M/Forgotten_founders
Or check your local libraryAn examination of the Native American continuing influence on the American mind, the European Enlightenment, and the U.N. Charter. Forgotten Founders provides a history of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin's experience with the Iroquois Federation and key tribe members, as well as how knowledge of the tribe's governance, philosophy, and key individuals affected America's Founding Generation. The experience with the Iroquois influenced Jean-Jacques Rousseau and other European philosophers. It shows how the social order of the Federation influenced not only the American Constitution but also the Founding Documents of the United Nations.
Members will vote on subsequent books, including:
- The Federalist Papers, Important Sections
- Thomas Paine, Common Sense
- Thomas Hartmann, The Hidden History of The Supreme Court
- Stacy Schiff, The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
- Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
END OF ANNOUNCEMENT