TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ricks,Thomas E.
TI  - First principles: what America's founders learned from the Greeks and Romans and how that shaped our country 
SN  - 9780062997456
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
KW  - Washington, George,
KW  - Adams, John,
KW  - Jefferson, Thomas,
KW  - Madison, James,
KW  - Political science
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Classical literature
KW  - Influence
KW  - Classicism
KW  - Philosophy, Ancient
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Knowledge and learning
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Classical influences
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-369) and index; 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
N2  - Examines 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
ER  -