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" Tyranny : "
Waller R. Newell, Carleton University
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BL
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639714
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Newell, Waller Randy
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Tyranny : : a new interpretation /\ Waller R. Newell, Carleton University
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x, 544 pages ;; 24 cm
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9781107010321
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: 1107010322
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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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"This is the first comprehensive exploration of ancient and modern tyranny in the history of political thought"--
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Despotism
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JC381.N43 2013
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