The Curious Task

Aurelian Craiutu - Why Not Moderation?

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Alex speaks with Aurelian Craiutu about the importance of moderation when it comes to virtue, political discourse, and the balancing of extremes in a world full of radicals. 

 

Episode Notes: 

 

  • Aurelian Craiutu - Why Not Moderation? Letters to Young Radicals https://a.co/d/1LVcadG
  • Aurelian Craiutu - Faces of Moderation: The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes  https://a.co/d/6cVwv5F 
  • Thomas Osborne - Moderation as Government: Montesquieu and the Divisibility of Power  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10848770.2023.2172780 
  • The Golden Mean in Philosophy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_mean_(philosophy) 
  • The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence Paperback by Balthasar Gracian https://a.co/d/hgyXcYG 
  • The 48 Laws of Power Paperback by Robert Greene   https://a.co/d/96ifKoz 
  • A Propensity to Self-Subversion by Albert O. Hirschman https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674715585 
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