Thursday, September 02, 2010
	Victor Davis Hanson, a farmer in California and the author of The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer, maintains that the purpose of democracy as it was developed by the Greeks was not to design an equalizing system but rather to create a method of creating virtue among citizens. This system is inherently tied to the farmer, who viewed virtue as a concrete idea and not an abstraction, according to Hanson. Though he does not suggest that everyone should be a farmer, Hanson believes that family farms had a leavening effect on American society that promoted the development of virtue. There exists another purpose to the soil, according to Hanson, other than the growing of fruits and vegetables; the growing of citizens was an equally important idea to Greeks and early Americans. The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer (Free Press, 2000) Victor Davis Hanson has contributed to multiple editions of the Journal; click here for his record. Additional information about Victor Davis Hanson is available through the web pages of ISI Books. Agrarianism Democracy Farms, Family Greeks--Agriculture
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