The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought

The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought
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Download or read book The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought written by Eric Nelson and published by . This book was released on 2004-02-19 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greek Tradition in Republic Thought completely rewrites the standard history of republican political theory. It excavates for the first time 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.


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