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Commentary on the Constitution from Plato to Rousseau (Paperback)
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Commentary on the Constitution from Plato to Rousseau (Paperback)
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In an age where scholars, lawyers, judges and just plain folk
debate the original intent of the U.S. Constitution, Commentary on
the Constitution from Plato to Rousseau demonstrates that the
issues confronting the founders as well as issues of understanding
what the founders intended can be traced back to antiquity. Stein
looks at 14 historical figures who by their words and/or deeds set
the stage for political thought before the constitution was
written. All the subjects of this book deal as best they can with
questions of the relationship between executive and other branches
of government; all deal with the role of religion in government;
all deal with how much (if any) democracy should be allowed in
determining fundamental law and day-to-day governance; all engaged
in the thought experiment of asking what life was like before
government, and therefore why government was instituted; all deal
with the relationship of central authority and provincial (states')
rights; all seek to avoid tyranny. Commentary on the Constitution
from Plato to Rousseau is not about what the founders took from
previous thinkers and political figures; it is a book that allows
the reader to consider the U.S. Constitution while learning about
people whose genius has transcended time, from Plato to Rousseau."
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