Politea

Principles

Principles

Persons of genius, it is true, are, and are always likely to be, a small minority; but in order to have them, it is necessary to preserve the soil in which they grow.

—John Stuart Mill
The Politeia
The Politeia
The Politeia

The Politeia is an educational company based in New Jersey that seeks to restore a foundation of reasoned argument, personal responsibility, ethical maxims, and emotional resilience to secondary education. In addition to its flagship academy and summer program (coming soon), it hosts events and produces content, curricula, workshops and experiences that:

extol the great books and ideas of Western civilization;
reclaim and de-politicize language;
insist on the integrity of scientific inquiry and epistemologies;
reaffirm individual excellence;
and encourage autonomy of thought and an independent existence.

To Do What We Can

By British parliamentarian Edmund Burke in his Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
A note on society and progress

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A note on society and progress
James Sale
James Sale
James Sale

James Sale is a UK based writer who has written, variously, on poetry, education, management and culture for Macmillan, Pearson, Routledge, The Epoch Times, and others. Since winning first prize in their 2017 Open Competition, he serves on the Advisory Board of NY’s The Society of Classical Poetry. The Hong Kong Review nominated him for a Pushcart Prize in 2022. One reviewer, reading his recent collection, HellWard, described him as ‘England’s epic poet’. For more information about the author, and about his Dante project, visit The English Cantos.

Old books? Oh, dear!

Why the classics?

Heroic or what?

James Sale
James Sale
James Sale

James Sale is a UK based writer who has written, variously, on poetry, education, management and culture for Macmillan, Pearson, Routledge, The Epoch Times, and others. Since winning first prize in their 2017 Open Competition, he serves on the Advisory Board of NY’s The Society of Classical Poetry. The Hong Kong Review nominated him for a Pushcart Prize in 2022. One reviewer, reading his recent collection, HellWard, described him as ‘England’s epic poet’. For more information about the author, and about his Dante project, visit The English Cantos.

Old books? Oh, dear!

Why the classics?

Heroic or what?

James Sale
James Sale
James Sale

James Sale is a UK based writer who has written, variously, on poetry, education, management and culture for Macmillan, Pearson, Routledge, The Epoch Times, and others. Since winning first prize in their 2017 Open Competition, he serves on the Advisory Board of NY’s The Society of Classical Poetry. The Hong Kong Review nominated him for a Pushcart Prize in 2022. One reviewer, reading his recent collection, HellWard, described him as ‘England’s epic poet’. For more information about the author, and about his Dante project, visit The English Cantos.

Old books? Oh, dear!

Why the classics?

Heroic or what?

Given by Athenian general and statesman Pericles in the fifth century BCE and recorded by Thucydides in his History of the Peloponnesian War
A meditation on the importance of meritocracy to democratic government

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A meditation on the importance of meritocracy to democratic government
John Stuart Mill, on the evil of silencing the expression of opinion, from “On Liberty” (1859)
On the evil of silencing the expression of opinion

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On the evil of silencing the expression of opinion
Dan John
Dan John
Dan John

Dan John is a Senior Lecturer at Saint Mary’s University in Twickenham, England. He has been lifting since 1965 and has won national championships in the discus throw, Olympic lifting, Highland Games and the Weight Pentathlon.  He recently was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from Great Britain for his contributions in this field. A Fulbright Scholar, he has a vast experience in scholarship, academics, and athletics. His published works include bestsellers such as Never Let Go, Mass Made Simple, and Intervention (among a dozen other published works). He is the grandfather to three and continues to write, coach, train, and lecture to practically every fitness and performance level.

Strength is, and remains, foundational

It’s nice to have a Beowulf around to help

Dan John
Dan John
Dan John

Dan John is a Senior Lecturer at Saint Mary’s University in Twickenham, England. He has been lifting since 1965 and has won national championships in the discus throw, Olympic lifting, Highland Games and the Weight Pentathlon.  He recently was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from Great Britain for his contributions in this field. A Fulbright Scholar, he has a vast experience in scholarship, academics, and athletics. His published works include bestsellers such as Never Let Go, Mass Made Simple, and Intervention (among a dozen other published works). He is the grandfather to three and continues to write, coach, train, and lecture to practically every fitness and performance level.

Strength is, and remains, foundational

It’s nice to have a Beowulf around to help

Fragments from T.S. Elliot’s Four Quartets on the burden of each generation — in the words of Roger Scruton — “to rediscover the world which made us, to see ourselves as part of something greater, which depends upon us for its survival — and which still can live in us”
On the burden of each generation

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On the burden of each generation
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