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The Pursuit of Happiness: A Book Launch and Conversation with Jeffrey Rosen and Jeffrey Goldberg

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On Presidents Day 2024, NCC President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen launched his new book at the NCC in conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic. They discuss The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America. This program was recorded live on February 19, 2024, and presented in partnership with The Atlantic. 


Additional Resources:  

  • Jeffrey Rosen, The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America (2024) 
  • Cicero, The Tusculan Disputations (ca. 45 BC) 
  • The Quill Project  
  • The King James Bible (1611) 
  • Pythagoras, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy  
  • The Webster-Hayne Debates  
  • Trump v. Anderson 
  • “Should President Trump Be Allowed on the 2024 Ballot?,” We the People podcast (Jan. 11, 2024) 
  • “Rhetoric of Freedom,” The Atlantic (Sept. 1999) 


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