Nelson, Eric, 1977-

The Greek tradition in republican thought [electronic resource] / Eric Nelson. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004. - xv, 296 p. - Ideas in context ; 69 . - Ideas in context ; 69. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


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Republicanism.
Republicanism--Greece.


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