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1 online resource (363 pages) |
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Routledge Revivals Ser |
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Routledge Revivals Ser
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Special Acknowledgments; I: The Idea of Constitutionalism; Overview; Confusion of Staticism with Stability; Nomenclature; Need for Nomenclature; Constitutionalism; Corrective Constitutionalism; Preventive Constitutionalism; Curative Constitutionalism; Institutional Arrangements; Inherent Limitations; Mixed, Balanced Government; Assessments; II: Athenian Constitutional Background; Overview; The Passing of Athenian and Greek Supremacy; The Peloponnesian War; Class War; Assessments; III: Biographical Note on Plato; Early Years |
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Birth and LineageConnections with the White Terror; Influence of Socrates and the Sophists; Middle Years; Plato in Sicily and Italy; Plato and the Academy; Final Years; Life's Work; Life's End; Problem of Interpretation; IV: Plato's Ideal Political Theory: The Republic; Overview; Exposition; Imperfect Government by Fallible Men Requires Justice; Elitism, Asceticism, and Education; Indoctrination and Education for Justice and Security Based on Specialization and Hierarchy; Balancing and Unifying of Classes; Environmentalism, Eugenics, and Religion; Cardinal Virtues of the Ideal State |
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Justice Based on Hierarchical SpecializationWomen, Breeding, and Social Mobility; Doubt of Practicability; Scepticism, Philosophy, and Praxis; Cycle of Forms of Government; Aristocracy Yields to Timocracy; Timocracy Yields to Oligarchy; Oligarchy Yields to Democracy; Description of Democracy; Democracy Breeds Tyranny; Tyranny Worst and Kingship Best; Divine Rule; Assessments; V: Plato's More Realistic Political Theory: The Statesman; Overview; Exposition; Scientific and Imitative Forms of Government; Inherent Human Capabilities; Good Laws and Wise Rulers; A Heaven-born Race and System |
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AssessmentsVI: Plato's More Sophisticated Political Theory: The Laws; Overview; Exposition; Peace and Happiness Preferable to War; The Golden Cord between God and Humanity and among Humanity: Reason and Law Intertwined; A Multiple Governmental Contract; Ignorance a Cause of Ruin; Natural Right to Rule; Division of Powers with Checks and Balances; Constitutional Monarchy Advocated; Rugged, Masculine Education to Produce Strong Character; Rule of Law by Elected Magistrates Conducive to Patriotism and Unity; Danger of Too Much Freedom for the Multitude; Location and Composition of Colonies |
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God and the Tyrant Legislate TogetherHierarchical Polity and the Rule of Law; God's Will is Justice; Example and Admonition to Train the Young; Purification or Purging of the State; Three Best Forms of the State; Limitation of Riches and Occupation; Location and Division of the City; Need to Select Qualified Officeholders; The Council of Thirty-Seven; The Council of 360; Organization and Administration of the City; Education and the Courts; Legislation, Marriage, and Mathematics Directed to Virtue; Regulation of Individuals for Public Good; Education and the Role of Inherent Limitations |
| Summary |
First published in 1998, this volume compares the political ideals and ideas of Plato and Aristotle to examine whether they are relevant in that era of American constitutional crisis. The author, Raymond Polin, felt that debate had been hampered by focusing too strongly on America's existing constitutional system, and hoped that exploring the roots of Western political tradition and alternative conceptions of constitutionalism might increase the kind of understanding humanity should seek. He considers concepts of constitutionalism, gives summary accounts of the philosophers' lives and times, identify their key political ideas and reproduces some of their work verbatim, with the aim being to serve as a textbook for constitutional education. It will be of interest to teachers and students of the American system of government |
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On Sexual Morality, Crafts and Trade, and Residence |
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Political science -- Greece -- History
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Constitutional history -- Greece.
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Philosophy -- History and Surveys -- Ancient and Classical
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Political science -- Essays
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Constitutional history
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Political science
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Greece
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Essays
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429826672 |
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0429826672 |
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