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Tyranny from Ancient Greece to Renaissance France (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
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Tyranny from Ancient Greece to Renaissance France (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
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This Palgrave Pivot examines how prominent thinkers throughout
history, from ancient Greece to sixteenth-century France, have
perceived tyrants and tyranny. Ancient philosophers such as Plato
and Aristotle were the first to build a vocabulary for tyrants and
the forms of government they corrupted. Thirteenth century analyses
of tyranny by Thomas Aquinas and John of Salisbury, revived from
Antiquity, were recast as short observations about what tyrants do.
They claimed that tyrants govern for their own advantage, not for
the people. Tyrants could be usurpers, increase taxes, and live in
luxury. The list of tyrannical actions grew over time, especially
in periods of turmoil and civil war, often raising the question:
When can a tyrant be legitimately deposed or killed? In offering a
brief biography of these political philosophers, including
Machiavelli, Erasmus, More, Bodin, and others, along with their
views on tyrannical behavior, Orest Ranum reveals how the concept
of tyranny has been shaped over time, and how it still persists in
political thought to this day.
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