The ideas that formed the Constitution: Cicero
By: Rob Natelson The first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth essays in this series addressed the influence on the Constitution of four leading Greek thinkers. There is one more Greek on our list, the biographer Plutarch. He lived ...
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Cicero on the State, Property, and Invasion
Sounding like John Locke and Frederic Bastiat by Marcus Tullius Cicero Cicero, De Officiis (published 44 BC): The man in an administrative office… must make it his first care that every one ...
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Ideas That Formed the Constitution, Part 8: Cicero
By: Rob Natelson The previous installment in this series outlined the life and career of the Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero. It described how John Adams relied on Cicero’s work in the ...
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The Ideas That Formed the Constitution, Part 7: Cicero
By: Rob Natelson The first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth essays in this series addressed the influence on the Constitution of four leading Greek thinkers. There is one more Greek on our list, the biographer Plutarch. He ...
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