What’s On a Hill Cannot Be Hidden | Stop Monkeying Around
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Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, designed to help bring those four key Stoic virtues, courage, discipline, justice, and wisdom into the real world. What's on a hill cannot be hid. It's been one for hundreds of years, a place that people aspire to, dream of, look up to. They want to move there. They want to be a part of it. They want what it offers. They like what it stands for. America. The city on a hill. That's what John Winthrop first called it in the year 1630. And so for even longer than the 250th anniversary that the United States is celebrating this month, America has been that. And yet, for almost as long, people have totally missed an important part of what that idea, which comes from the Bible, is all about.
The full line, which comes from the Sermon on the Mount, is about how a city on a hill cannot be hidden. Yes, it's a beacon. It is also public, does not have the cover of darkness, even at night.
What does 'the city on a hill' mean and why does it matter?
Both its virtues and its flaws are laid bare for all to see. In meditations, Mark Surilis expresses a similar idea about not doing anything that needs to be concealed behind walls or curtains. If you have to hide it. If you need secrecy to protect it, if it depends on no one seeing what you're doing, then maybe it's a sign that you should not be doing it at all. In Right Thing Right Now, I tell the story of a Roman politician who, when offered means of making his house more private, doubled the architect's fee to remove any obstructions so that people could see he had nothing to hide. Whether America is truly a city on a hill or not is up for you to decide. But each of us should try to conduct our lives as if we were being looked at and looked up to.
Because we are. By our families, by our friends, by people less fortunate than us. By people who don't like us. We should let our light shine and yet also let sunshine keep us honest. We must hold ourselves to a higher standard. Understand that we don't get to make excuses or exceptions. We are privileged and empowered. Let's act that way.
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How does the Sermon on the Mount reframe public virtue and accountability?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:06
2
What does 'the city on a hill' mean and why does it matter?
1:06–3:24
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How does the Sermon on the Mount reframe public virtue and accountability?
3:24–6:31
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Why should we live as if we are being looked up to by others?
6:31–8:24
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How does Ryan describe travel and personal routines while on the road?
8:24–9:26
Speakers
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