well the same dilemma they had opposite solutions aristotle proposed what we would nowadays call a welfare state to try to reduce inequality. so the same problem that solutions one is reduce inequality will have this problem and the other is reduced monikers. if you look at the history of the united states it's a constant struggle between these 2 tendencies democratising tendency that's mostly coming from the population pressure from below and you get these constant battle going on periods or gratian periods of progress in 1906 for example were a period of significant democratization. sectors of the fabulous sure that were usually passive and the city became organized active story pressing their demand. and they became more and more involved in decision making and activism and so on. they just changed consciousness in ways. 'd minority rights. we don't want. women's rights. 4th. in terms of the. american as. they say boring of my own safety to provide opposition to aggression i'm sorry did i was criticized as . serious about lawn on the provider of the vietnamese people black people and pe

interest that this debate has a horrid tradition goes back to the 1st major book on political systems aristotle's politics. he says of all of them the best is democracy and at any point said exactly the flaws that manderson pointed out. if absent were a democracy for free men the poor would get together and take away the property the rich. well same dilemma they had opposite solutions or settle for posed what we would nowadays call a welfare state and try to reduce inequality. so the same problem that solutions one is reduce inequality will have this problem and the other is reduced democracy. if you look at the history of the united states it's a constant struggle between these 2 tendencies democratising tendency that's mostly coming from the population pressure from below and you get this constant battle going on periods or gratian periods of progress in 1906 for example were a period of significant democratization. sectors of the fucking lation that were usually passive and the city became organized active story pressing their demands. and they became more and more involved in decision making

i went on for a phd in communication studies, where i focused on aristotle. -- on the ancients, aristotle, cicero. all of those things are incorporated in the speechwriting craft. i then became a professor of communication studies, focusing on rhetoric and public address. i wound up after starting at san diego state, i wound up at the university of virginia, and i was at the university of virginia in 1976, and i was invited to the university of north carolina chapel hill to give a guest lecture at 10:00 in the morning. it turned out that gerald ford was lecturing on the campus at noon to the future homemakers of america. [laughter] and so, the liberal faculty turned to me, and i consider myself a legitimate conservative, so rare these days, so we went and we watched gerald ford's speech and it was not good. [laughter] so i went back to charlottesville and i could not sleep, so i got up and i wrote a single space, five-page letter and the next morning i mailed it off to the president, the white house, 1600 pennsylvania avenue, and then i could sleep and i did not think anything would come

i went on for a phd in communication studies very focused on aristotle rhetoric and the institute of oratory. all postings are incorporate the incorporated in the speechwriting craft. i then became a professor of communication studies focusing on the rhetoric and public address. i was invited down to the university of carolina chapel hill to give a lecture it is so rare these days and it is not good. so i went back to charlottesville and i couldn't sleep so i got a single space iave-page letter and the next morning they mailed it off to the president o at the white hoe 1600 pennsylvania avenue and i didn't sleep and i didn't think anything else would come of it. the. what happened is when the letter came in, somebody in the mail room remembered they jus remembd a speechwriter and so my letter was sent up to the white house personnel and i came up for the interview and began my h intervw with him and he then took me to the editor. i realized if i screwed up at any point i would be at the front door of the white house. he then took me to the counselor of the president and we went for i

i do not know that douglas ever read aristotle. but he read caleb bingham's "colombian orator." that book was among the cherished books when he was a teenager. so it is interesting. they both had read that and used that, and other kinds of moralistic literature that they read. there are other things that we could say. harold: we will skip to win we get closer to the ultimate moment. my next set of images shows lincoln and douglas in the 1850's. speaking of parallel oratory, i found using edna and david as my guides, it is easy to find these wonderful parallels. lincoln says in 1858. a house divided against both cannot stand. ouglas said that liberty and slavery cannot dwell in the u.s. with peaceful relation. i do not know if lincoln knew about douglas at this point. probably. well, he will in the debates. douglas says it is pretty settled that one or the other of these number freedom or slavery, must go to the wall. the south must give up slavery or the north must give up liberty. lincoln said it would be one or the other, meaning the opponents of slavery will arrest further sp

aristotle said that courage is the most important virtue because it guarantees all the others. it's a phrase that churchill loved. in kennedy's case, it was voting against your self-interest. and i can't help thinking about george herbert walker bush, who lost re-election, only got 39% of the country to vote for him in 1992 because he had put the national interest ahead of his self-interest and knew it. when he raised taxes in violation of his own pledge, he told his diary, i'm going to be dead meat, and he was. but it was the right thing to do. i think that a lot of these senators are trying to have it both ways. i think these statements are about arguing not to their constituents because i think that those constituents are really thinking about the vote, and then they want to move on to the campaign as quickly as possible. these statements are really designed for history. they're designed for those obit writers. and i think you can keep writing all you want, but the ultimate headline here is, did you stand up against donald trump's acknowledged lawlessness, acknowledged lawle

mr thornton can‘t decide between aristotle and plato.he days of great bbc costume dramas. what a privilege to be entrusted with a role like that. the days of costume drama is still being done, less so by the bbc, but you have just done the stranger for netflix. it has gone to top ten? yes. you play a successful man who, out of the blue, his life is turned upside down by someone turning up and say that something is wrong with his wife. a stranger tells him that his wife. a stranger tells him that his wife. a stranger tells him that his wife faked her own pregnancy and he needs to figure out what the truth is and he regrets it. and before you agree to do this, you read everything about it, you knew the plot? yes. it is based on a page turning novel and it is appropriate for netflix because it is like but you can‘t be done, so it is likely series you stop watching. you can‘t be done, so it is likely series you stop watchinglj you can‘t be done, so it is likely series you stop watching. i love, like spooks, it is compelling. do you wait for