Quote of the Day — Aristotle
October 16, 2019
The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
-384–-322
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-384–-322
Aristotle, ancient history’s most comprehensive thinker, created systematic frameworks for understanding nearly every domain of knowledge that shaped Western civilization for two millennia. Born in Macedonia, he studied under Plato in Athens before founding his own school, the Lyceum, where he pioneered empirical observation and logical reasoning. Unlike Plato’s abstract idealism, Aristotle grounded philosophy in careful observation of the natural world. His contributions span metaphysics, ethics, politics, biology, rhetoric, and logic, with each field bearing his distinctive systematic approach. Aristotle’s virtue ethics—the idea that ethical excellence comes through cultivating good habits and finding the golden mean between extremes—remains influential in…
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Aristotle’s observation on balanced political power resonated throughout the October 16, 2019 broadcast as Douglas Bruce argued that TABOR keeps government accountable to ordinary citizens rather than political elites.
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Proposition CC and the Fight for Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights
TABOR architect Douglas Bruce and journalist Sherry Pife expose deceptive tactics behind Proposition CC on October 16, 2019.
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