Hi Billy, On Oct 10, 2013, at 8:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Burke represents the other fork. He saw human beings as innately social > animals. “Growing up within a given society is not simply a process by which > humans become civilized; it is a process by which they become human,” writes > Norman, describing Burke’s thinking. Our societies were not built in a day, > and they cannot be demolished and remade in a day. They evolved over time. > They are comprised of rich fabric of institutions—schools, colleges, > professional groups, occupational associations, religious organizations—to > which individuals can be deeply devoted, and are the product of many people’s > life’s work. “To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon > we belong to in society is… the first link in the series by which we proceed > toward love to our country and mankind,” wrote Burke. Society, said Burke, in > perhaps his most famous quote, “becomes a partnership not only between those > who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and > those who are to be born.” >
Sounds like my kind of guy. History, traditions, institutions, and our collective identity are of paramount importance -- which is we must think very hard about *how* (not if) to reform them. Love like a conservative. Think like a liberal. Decide like a scientist. Act like a solider. -- Ernie P. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
