Principle and Prudence in Western Political Thought by Lynch, Christopher,Marks, Jonathan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Copyright Contents Introduction Part I Principle and Prudence in “Athens” and “Jerusalem”

1 Machiavelli and Homer on the Man and the Beast

Notes

2 Practice and Principles in Ancient Statesmanship

The Enigma of the Statesman Neutrality or Compromise? A Role for Wisdom? Philosophy and Political Life Ambition and Its Place in Political Life The Rule of Law and Its Limits Conclusion Notes

Notes

Introduction Divine Prudence God’s Goals and His Prudence God’s Politics and His Prudence Abraham and God’s Prudence

5 The Wedding of Logos and Ergon: Josephus’s Defense of the Torah in Against Apion

Josephus as Apologist The Torah as a Regime Priests and Other Rulers Toward a Cold Priesthood Logos and Ergon Notes

Part II Principle and Prudence in Modern Political Thought

Machiavelli’s Treatment of the Literary Life Alternating Epochs, Ancient Sources, and the Prologue of Clizia The Self Portrait Of Clizia The Self Portrait Of the Discourses Conclusion Notes

7 Principle and Practice in Locke’s Some Thoughts Concerning Education

Notes

8 Montesquieu’s Legislator: Putting Order in the Laws

The Design of the Spirit The Laws and the Order of Things Notes

9 On the Lawgiver: Rousseau’s Articulation of the Political Problem

Notes

10 David Hume on Principle, Nature, and the Indirect Influence of Philosophy

I. Philosophic Sects and Philosophy II. The Epicurean, the Stoic, and the Platonist III. The Sceptic I IV. The Skeptic II V. Conclusion Notes

11 Principle and Practice in Hegel’s Critique of Rousseau

From Early Inspiration to the Fury of Destruction The Rational versus the General Will Adapting Rousseau Notes

Part III Principle and Prudence in American Political Thought

Notes

13 Jefferson’s “Summary View” Reviewed, Yet Again

I. Resolved … II. Origins III. Oppression IV. Unkinging the King V. Jefferson’s End in View Notes

14 Lincoln’s Enlightenment

“All Nature … is a Mine” Labor and Education “Every Man Can Make Himself” Notes

Part IV Principle and Prudence in the Thought of Leo Strauss

15 Strauss on the Theoretical and Practical Origins of Philosophy

The “Natural World” vs. the Discovery of the Idea of Nature Natural Right and Providence The Conventionalists’ Critique of Justice, Law, and the Common Good Notes

Notes

17 Strauss’s Second Statement on Locke

Strauss’s Critique of von Leyden A Different Assessment of the Substantive Issues A Different Assessment of the Literary Issue Notes

18 Leo Strauss’s Nietzsche

The Problem: Philosophy and Religion The Problem of Plato Will to Power, Gods, and Devils The Nature of Nature Notes

List of Contributors Index Back Cover