عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
JA84.U5 R48 1994
JA84
.
U5
R48
1994
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0674314255 (acid-free paper)
(Number (ISBN
0674314263
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
89-967
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc
انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Other Title Information
: Greece, Rome, and the American Enlightenment
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Carl J. Richard.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge, Mass.
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Harvard University Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 1994.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
viii, 295 p.
Dimensions
; 24 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-288) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
I. The Classical Conditioning of the Founders -- II. Symbolism -- III. Models -- IV. Antimodels -- V. Mixed Government and Classical Pastoralism -- VI. Philosophy -- VII. The Myth of Classical Decline.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Is our Greek and Roman heritage merely allusive and illusory? Or were our founders, and so our republican beginnings, truly steeped in the stuff of antiquity? So far largely a matter of generalization and speculation, the influence of Greek and Roman authors on our American forefathers finally becomes clear in this fascinating book - the first comprehensive study of the founders' classical reading.
Text of Note
Carl J. Richard begins by examining how eighteenth-century social institutions in general and the educational system in particular conditioned the founders to venerate the classics. He then explores the founders' various uses of classical symbolism, models, "antimodels," mixed government theory; pastoralism, and philosophy, revealing in detail the formative influence exerted by the classics, both directly and through the mediation of Whig and American perspectives.
Text of Note
In this analysis, we see how the classics not only supplied the principal basis for the U.S. Constitution but also contributed to the founders' conception of human nature, their understanding of virtue, and their sense of identity and purpose within a grand universal scheme. At the same time, we learn how the classics inspired obsessive fear of conspiracies against liberty, which poisoned relations between Federalists and Republicans
Text of Note
. The shrewd ancients who molded Western civilization still have much to teach us, Richard suggests. His account of the critical role they played in shaping our nation and our lives provides a valuable lesson in the transcendent power of the classics.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Political science - United States - History , 18th century.
Political science - Greece - History.
Political science - Rome - History.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
JA84
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U5
Book number
R48
1994
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Richard, Carl J.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20100720235211.0
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129675
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