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008			200217t20202020nyub b 001 0deng d
019			_a1192358906 _a1202266880
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100	1		_aRicks, Thomas E.
245	1	0	_aFirst principles : _bwhat America's founders learned from the Greeks and Romans and how that shaped our country / _cThomas E. Ricks.
246	3		_aWhat America's founders learned from the Greeks and Romans and how that shaped our country
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bHarper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, _c[2020]
264		4	_c�2020
300			_axxiv, 386 pages : _bmap ; _c24 cm
336			_acartographic image _bcri _2rdacontent
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [305]-369) and index.
505	0		_aChronology -- 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.
520			_aExamines 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.
600	1	0	_aAdams, John, _d1735-1826 _xPhilosophy.
600	1	0	_aJefferson, Thomas, _d1743-1826 _xPhilosophy.
600	1	0	_aMadison, James, _d1751-1836 _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aClassical literature _xInfluence.
650		0	_aClassicism _zUnited States _xHistory _y18th century.
650		0	_aPhilosophy, Ancient _xInfluence.
650		0	_aPolitical science _zUnited States _xHistory _y18th century
650		0	_aPresidents _zUnited States _xKnowledge and learning
651		0	_aUnited States _xCivilization _xClassical influences
651		0	_aUnited States _xCivilization _xPhilosophy
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _xPhilosophy
655		7	_aBiographies _2lcgft
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