Tyranny a new interpretation / Waller R. Newell, Carleton University..

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Newell, Waller Randy [Author]

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computer

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online resource

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9781107341470

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Despotism

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Electronic Books.

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JC381 .T973 2012

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Subject: "This is the first comprehensive exploration of ancient and modern tyranny in the history of political thought"--

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"This is the first comprehensive exploration of ancient and modern tyranny in the history of political thought"--

Includes bibliographies and index.

Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments; Introduction: the conquest of eros; 1. The ontology of tyranny; 2. The tyrant and the statesman in Plato's political philosophy and Machiavelli's rejoinder; 3. Superlative virtue, monarchy, and political community in Aristotle's Politics; 4. Tyranny and the art of ruling in Xenophon's Education of Cyrus; 5. Machiavelli, Xenophon, and Xenophon's Cyrus; 6. Glory and reputation: Machiavelli's new prince; 7. The republic in motion: Machiavelli's vision of the new Rome; Conclusion: tyranny ancient and modern; Epilogue: the hermaneutical problem of tyranny; Bibliography.

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