Binary Paideia In the AIHE’s Liberty Fellowships For US DoE Teaching American History Grants

Connections Between the Constitution & Ancient Republics, & English Precedents

POLITEIA The Regime POLITEUMA The Ruling Order Polis  The State PAIDEIA What Makes a State What It Is

POLITEIA The Type of Regime –Despotism –Direct Democracy –Republicanism –Monarchy –Fascist Authoritarian –Communist Totalitarian

POLITEUMA The Ruling Order –Those who can dispense Offices and Honors

PAIDEIA That what makes a city or society what it is Offices and Honors are given in accordance to the Paideia What a Society bows to

VIRTUE For the Ancient Greeks:LOGOS Reasoned Speech The Highest Moral Excellence The Highest Virtue Public LifePublic Life FraternityFraternity –Private Life most like animals.

Ancient Greeks PoliteiaRegime: The Assembly PoliteumaRuling order:Citizens PaideiaWhat makes a city what it is:Iliad & Odyssey Logos VirtueThe highest moral excellence: Participation in the Polis- Logos Contrasts:SpartansAthenians GreeksPersians

GOOD MEN Are Needed for Good Government

Private Life Becomes important during the Christian Era

Founders Brought up on: GreeksGreeks –Plato –Aristotle RomansRomans –Plutarch AD –Livy 59 BC – 17AD –Cicero 106 – 43 BC

Founders Brought up on: MachiavelliMachiavelli BaconBacon HobbesHobbes MontesquieuMontesquieu SidneySidney HarringtonHarrington LockeLocke HumeHume

Greek Problem Haves vs. Have-nots –Have-nots can vote –They continuously vote for war –Constant faction quarrels

ROME The Roman Republic was based on a military culture. PoliteiaRegimeComitia Centuriata PoliteumaRuling order Patrician, Nobility Paideia What makes Romulus a state& Remus VirtueThe highest Heroic Martial moral excellenceValor Pride, Honor ContrastsThe RepublicThe Empire

Major Change Christianity Universal Religion for Universal Empire –Equality of All All can get to HeavenAll can get to Heaven All can be become HOLYAll can be become HOLY Highest moral excellence – HOLINESSHighest moral excellence – HOLINESS –Otherworld Matters Most Private Life is Paramount

GREEK LOGOS Remains

New Culture melds Jerusalem Athens Athens Rome Rome

Christianity There were major changes from ancient Rome PoliteiaRegimeThe Church\ The Empire PoliteumaRuling orderBishops -- have authority. German nobles have political power. PaideiaWhat makes a cityNew Testament, Church Tradition, Feudal Order VirtueThe highest moral Holiness excellenceFidelity Contrasts*Decentralized Latin Kingdoms & The Centralized Byzantine Empire *Christianity & Islam

EKKLESIA The Assembly

Ecclesiastics The Church is a Debating Society Politics is Necessary  Celibacy

THEOLOGY REASON  Greeks + REVELATION  Hebrews

Separation of Church &State Western Civilization

Pope vs. Emperor Bishop vs. King

Byzantine EmpireEastern Christianity Caesaropapism

Next Break: MAJOR CHANGES 1476Swiss Pikesmen Machiavelli 1517Luther

INDIVIDUALISM & ABSOLUTISM

MACHIAVELLI Father of Modern Liberal Democracy

GOOD INSTITUTIONS Not Good Men as the Means to Good Government

BALANCE CONFLICT TENSION Grandi & Popolo united to destroy their neighbors

VIRTUE In the Institutions

CONTRAST Ancient RepublicsAncient Republics Medieval RepublicsMedieval Republics Modern RepublicsModern Republics

Further Development Francis Bacon Thomas Hobbes James Harrington John Locke

Continues the Move away from Christianity God gave man the EARTH God gave man REASON Natural Providence is a Reflection of Divine Providence

Every Man has Property in His own Person Major Paradigm Shift –The Labor or Work of my hands are mine ---- My Property –Common land becomes “my land.” –“I work it. It’s mine!”

GENESIS 1:28 CHRISTIANS & JEWS Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the Earth... BACON & LOCKE... and subdue it.

American History SocietyTime PeriodSociety Royalists/CavaliersEnglish Civil WarPuritans/Roundheads MonarchyPoliteia/RegimeParliament AristocracyPoliteuma/Ruling ClassGentry/ Middle class Anglican Church Hierarchy Paideia/What makes a society what it is Bible Calvin's Institutes LoyaltyVirtue/ The highest moral excellence Piety SocietyTime PeriodSociety British EmpireAmerican RevolutionPatriots King in ParliamentPoliteia/RegimeAssemblies/Congress Aristocracy/GentryPoliteuma/Ruling ClassWhite male landowners Glorious RevolutionPaideia/What makes a society what it is Republicanism, Charters, John Locke's Two Treatises Loyalty Virtue/ The highest moral excellence Liberty

US 1860 South State Gov’t w/i Federal Gov’t Planters Constitution, Hierarchy Slave Culture Honor North National Republic Male Citizens Declaration, Free Market Industrialization Industry PAIDIEAPAIDIEA

1940 NAZI GERMANY Totalitarian Dictatorship Nazi Party German Purity Mein Kampf Racial Superiority Loyalty, Service to the Volk UNITED STATES Federal Republic Citizens Declaration, Constitution, Bill of Rights Liberty, Industry, Duty, Patriotism PAIDIEAPAIDIEA

BINARY PAIDEIA Monarchy Whigs British North Industrial Free Market Democratic Republic Tories Colonists South Agrarian Socialist Totalitarian STORIES

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