Restoring Traditional Virtue | Anthony Esolen
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- Today's question comes from user ni200v:
"In a discussion I once had with a modern secularist (who nevertheless yearned for a return to greater virtue and responsibility among common people), I mentioned that I couldn't think of any example from history in which a society that had already opened itself to acceptance of natural vices spontaneously reversed course, without an instigating crisis of social upheaval or violence. Later, I thought back on the efforts of Caesar Augustus, and I wonder, would Dr. Esolen or others consider this an example of just such a scenario? Sadly, my education/training has been in the natural sciences, leaving me somewhat deficient in matters of history. Was Augustus successful in his attempts to restore greater traditional virtue in Roman society, and if so, are there lessons in his victory that could be applied to the revival of our own, modern society in the US?"
Here is a video from Dr. Esolen tackling these questions.
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Thank you, so much, Dr. Esolen, for your thought-provoking response to my question! I look forward to more videos and pray for God's blessings on you, your family, and everyone at Thomas More College!
Dr Esolen is terrific.
we are the most virtuous people who have ever existed on earth. people of the past were abusive, cruel and stupid.
Sometimes people are motivated to change by their own suffering. I think this is a pseudo religious motive, inner meaning or something like that. But perhaps, once the pain is eased, people without God, slide back.
So glad to discover this thoughtful teacher from reading his excellent article in Townhall.
Regrettably, I think it will not happen. We have too few people of faith any "awakening."
An excellent question and an excellent answer. This should inspire religious people to spread their faith. God's command to spread it should be enough, but we are a fallen race and need little helps like this. :)