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100 1  Nelson, Eric, |d1977-
245 14 The Greek tradition in republican thought / |cEric Nelson.
250    1st ed.
260    Cambridge, UK ;New York : |bCambridge University Press, |c2004.
300    1 online resource (xv, 296 pages) : |bdigital, PDF file(s).
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    computer |bc |2rdamedia
338    online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier
490 1  Ideas in context ; |v69
546    English
500    Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520    The Greek Tradition in Republic Thought completely rewrites the standard history of republican political theory. It excavates an identifiably Greek strain of republican thought which attaches little importance to freedom as non-dependence and sees no intrinsic value in political participation. This tradition's central preoccupations are not honour and glory, but happiness (eudaimonia) and justice - defined, in Plato's terms, as the rule of the best men. This set of commitments yields as startling readiness to advocate the corrective redistribution of wealth, and even the outright abolition of private property. The Greek tradition was revived in England during the early sixteenth century and was broadly influential throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Its exponents included Sir Thomas More, James Harrington, Montesquieu and Thomas Jefferson, and it contributed significantly to the ideological underpinnings of the American Founding as well as the English Civil Wars.
504    Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0  1. Greek nonsense in More's Utopia -- 2. The Roman agrarian laws and Machiavelli's modi privati -- 3. James Harrington and the "balance of justice" -- 4. "Prolem cum matre creatam": the background to Montesquieu -- 5. Montesquieu's Greek republics -- 6. The Greek tradition and the American Founding -- Coda: Tocqueville and the Greeks.
650  0 Republicanism.
650  0 Republicanism |zGreece.
776     |z0-521-02428-5
776     |z0-521-83545-3
830  0 Ideas in context ; |v69.
906    BOOK