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Keith Currie's avatar

A well-wondered essay worth exploring more deeply. Related topics might be leaders who led well, key character traits of good leaders, key character traits for ourselves and our friends. How do we create a path to a character-driven "aristocracy."

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J.L. Currie's avatar

I think that final idea is definitely worth exploring: How do we create a path to character driven aristocracy? I think we could come at this from a variety of angles, but Plato probably has the nose comprehensive answer when he discusses education beginning at an early age that inculcates virtue.

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