In Search of the Republic: Public Virtue and the Roots of American GovernmentRowman & Littlefield, 1987 - 269 pages When In Search of the Republic was originally published in 1987, scholarly interpretations of the concept of virtue in the American founding were considered peripheral to mainstream political theory. Since then, the authors' arguments that public virtue, civic responsibility, and private morality were at the heart of the Founding Fathers' political thought is now accepted by a growing number of contemporary political theorists. This revised edition includes a new preface that places In Search of the Republic within the context of contemporary debates over the role of virtue and religion in early American political discourse. This is a superb introduction for students and scholars interested in learning about the moral, political, and constitutional theories of the Founding Fathers. |
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Page 168
... passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint . " 16 " If men were angels , " Madison concurred , " no government would be necessary . . . . But what is government itself but the greatest of ...
... passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint . " 16 " If men were angels , " Madison concurred , " no government would be necessary . . . . But what is government itself but the greatest of ...
Page 189
... Passions of Men , when they run high . " 101 " It shews the violent Bent of human Nature to evil , " they wrote in the London Journal in 1721 , " that even the Christian Religion has not been able to tame the restless appetites of Men ...
... Passions of Men , when they run high . " 101 " It shews the violent Bent of human Nature to evil , " they wrote in the London Journal in 1721 , " that even the Christian Religion has not been able to tame the restless appetites of Men ...
Page 248
... passion . " Acquisitiveness , on the other hand , " teaches a form of moderation to the desiring passions from which it derives , because to acquire , is not primarily to have and to hold but to get and to earn , and , moreover , to ...
... passion . " Acquisitiveness , on the other hand , " teaches a form of moderation to the desiring passions from which it derives , because to acquire , is not primarily to have and to hold but to get and to earn , and , moreover , to ...
Contents
Public Virtue and | 1 |
The Metamorphosis of the Idea of Virtue | 45 |
Civil Religion and Republican Government | 89 |
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