In Conversation with Jeffrey Rosen

We are honored to host National Constitution Center CEO and President Jeffrey Rosen for an unforgettable and truly inspirational event. (This will be a ticketed event. Event details coming soon.) His novel, The Pursuit of Happiness,  explores the profound connection between classical philosophy and America's founding principles. By tracing the influence of thinkers like Aristotle, Cicero, and Seneca on key figures such as Jefferson and Franklin, Rosen reveals how ancient wisdom shaped the vision for a new nation. This novel is a fascinating examination of what "the pursuit of happiness" meant to the nation's Founders--Franklin, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton, in particular--and how that famous phrase defined their lives. The Pursuit of Happiness is more than an elucidation of the Declaration's famous phrase; it is a revelatory journey into the minds of the Founders, and a deep, rich, and fresh understanding of the foundation of our democracy. The most influential of the Founders read many of the same Greek and…