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1 online resource (391 pages) |
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Cover Page -- INTRODUCTION -- BOOK ONE: ANCIENT SORROWS -- 1. The Fall -- The Decline of Virtue -- 2. Glory and Lamentation -- Socrates-Plato-Three Souls-Primary Values-Individual and State -- 3. ""The Master of Those Who Know"" -- Aristotle -- Forms of Government -- Golden Mean -- Republic -- 4. Enemy Within -- Cicero-Rome's Constitution-Decline of Aristocrats -- 5. The Roman Way -- Roman Character-Virtues-Aristocracy -- Rugged Fortitude -- Frugality, Temperance -- Justice, Piety -- Practical Wisdom -- 6. Darkness Falls -- Punic Curse-Rome's Decline-Rise of Christianity-Constantine |
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7. The Loss of Character -- Faith Versus Reason-Christian Virtues -- 8. City of God -- Augustine's Attempt to Reconcile Faith and Reason -- 9. Character Ambushed -- Christian Character -- Pope Gregory -- Boethius -- Rome's Fall -- Arabian Rescue: ""The Second Teacher"" -- Islam Emerges-Al-Faribi-Early Muslim Character-Muslim Government-Avicenna-Averroës-Muslim Decline -- 11. Chivalry -- Arabian Chivalry-Transmission to the West -- 12. Dwarfs on the Shoulders of Giants -- Scholasticism-Albert the Great-Thomas Aquinas-Reintroduction of Aristotle-Thomism's Character -- 13. The Razor |
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William of Ockham-Philosophy of Simplification-Reason Separated from Faith -- 14. Renaissance -- Church Marginalized-Explorers-Florence-Medici-Petrarch-Humanism-Ficino -- 15. Bonfire of the Vanities -- Savonarola-Madness of the Crowd-Bonfire of the Vanities -- 16. Politics Without Ethics -- Machiavelli -Virtue is Manly -- Remove Ethics from Politics -- 17. Music of the Spheres -- Church Corruption Exposed -- Renaissance Fades -- Galileo Challenges Dogma -- 18. Destroying Idols of the Mind -- Francis Bacon-Idols of the Mind-Set Stage of European Enlightenment -- 19. Leviathan Versus Freethinker |
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Hobbes-Leviathan-Locke-Two Treatises on Government-Individual Liberalism -- 20. The Spirit of the Laws -- Montesquieu-Spirit of the Laws-Public Spirit Determines Government-Republic-Separation of Powers -- BOOK TWO: CHARACTER'S TRINITY -- 21. Manifestations of Character -- 22. George Washington -- 23. Benjamin Franklin -- Corporal Manifestation of Temperance -- 24. Thomas Jefferson -- Corporal Manifestation of Wisdom -- 25. Colonies of Character -- Pervasive Classical Culture-Importance of Books -- 26. The Virtuous Gentleman -- Gentlemen Personified Virtue-American Aristocracy |
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27. Religion for Moral Development -- Importance of Religion in Colonies-Great Awakening-Founders Were Deists -- BOOK THREE: THE SOUL OF AMERICA -- 28. Red Badge of Character -- Boston Massacre-Concord-Bunker Hill-Declaration of Independence -- 29. Corruptions of the Crown -- Corruption from the Motherland -- 30. Crucible of Virtue -- Washington as Commander-In-Chief-Delaware Crossing-Valley Forge-Ineffectual Congress-Army of Merit-French Alliance-Lafayette-Yorktown -- 31. Confederation, Imprudence, and Anarchy -- Confederation Leads to Chaos-Debt, Paper Money, Taxes-Loss of Public Virtue |
| Summary |
The American republic was the Enlightenment's greatest experiment, an attempt to institutionalize virtuous character as never done before. Call to Virtue explains the role of character as the driving force behind the rise and fall of empires, the well-being of citizens' lives, and the structure of governments and their constitutions. It draws a line between the definitions of virtue from ancient times to the motivating force behind our nation's founding. The book surveys 3,000 years of Western civilization and uses the voices of history's greatest participants to create a narrative describing |
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Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Civilization -- History.
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Liberty.
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freedom.
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Civilization
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Liberty
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Rome -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115108
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Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780996057523 |
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0996057528 |
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0996057501 |
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9780996057509 |
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