Junto

English - December 23, 2022 09:04 - 8 minutes - 7.54 MB
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Episode cover created by Dall-E AI with the prompt: benjamin franklin at a junto meeting in the style of frida kahlo

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

0:56 - The Four Questions That Opened Every Meeting

1:55 - Junto

2:36 - Lessons of the Junto

2:49 - Self-improvement

3:13 - The 24 Questions

7:11 - Junto as an Incubator

Questions to the Junto at the beginning of meetings:

Any person to be qualified, to stand up, and lay his hand on his breast, and be asked these questions; viz.

1. Have you any particular disrespect to any present members? Answer. I have not.

2. Do you sincerely declare that you love mankind in general; of what profession or religion soever? Answ. I do.

3. Do you think any person ought to be harmed in his body, name or goods, for mere speculative opinions, or his external way of worship? Ans. No.

4. Do you love truth’s sake, and will you endeavour impartially to find and receive it yourself and communicate it to others? Answ. Yes.

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