TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ricks,Thomas E.
TI  - First principles: what America's founders learned from the Greeks and Romans and how that shaped our country 
SN  - 0062997459
AV  - JA84 .U5 R487 2020
U1  - 973.09/9 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
KW  - Adams, John,
KW  - Jefferson, Thomas,
KW  - Madison, James,
KW  - Classical literature
KW  - Influence
KW  - Classicism
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Philosophy, Ancient
KW  - Political science
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Knowledge and learning
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Classical influences
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-369) and index; Chronology -- Prologue: What is America? -- The power of colonial classicism -- Washington studies how to rise in colonial society -- John Adams aims to become an American Cicero -- Jefferson blooms at William & Mary -- Madison breaks away to Princeton -- Adams and the fuse of rebellion -- Jefferson's declaration of the "American mind" -- Washington: the noblest Roman of them all -- The war strains the classical model -- From a difficult war to an uneasy peace -- Madison and the Constitution: balancing vice with vice -- The Classical vision smashes into American reality -- The revolution of 1800: the people, not the plebes -- The end of American classicism -- Epilogue: What we can do -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: The Declaration of Independence
N2  - Examines how the educations of America's first four presidents, and in particular their scholarly devotion to ancient Greek and Roman classics, informed the beliefs and ideals that shaped the nation's constitution and government
ER  -