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In Search of the Republic
Richard Vetterli
Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, 1987
Excellent look at philosophical backgrounds of the founding
+ Virtue as the key ingredient in an American democracy.
After reading this book for a course taught by Dr. Vetterli, I must say that it was the best look at the American Founding. Instead of approaching it from a traditional historical method, Vetterli and Bryner take us into the philosophies, ideas, and influences that played upon the founding ...
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Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches
Ronald Reagan
Simon & Schuster, 2004
From the man himself
+ Pure Reagan!
+ The Reagan Bible
+ Fantastic
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The Republic (Dover Thrift Editions)
Plato
Dover Publications, 2000
The ultimate Socratic dialogue?
+ Classic Read
+ Best Translator of Plato
+ The Rhetoric
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The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History 1775-1865 (Dover Thrift ...
Dover Publications, 2000
The basic founding documents of American democracy
+ everyone should get and read this book
+ Great
+ All American
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Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack (Modern Library Humor and Wit)
Benjamin Franklin
Modern Library, 2000
Sage Advice
+ Wit and Wisdom Indeed
+ Timeless Classic
Though Benjamin Franklin never suggests that all the words are his, his assembly of commonly used phrases and sayings provides the reader with material that will make them think. Do remember, that this doesn't read like a novel.
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Dover Thrift Editions)
Benjamin Franklin
Dover Publications, 1996
Franklin's informal account of his remarkable life
+ an important work - should be read by all young men
+ You've Got to Love Ben!
In many ways, this is, to someone coming to it for the first time, a very surprising book. For one thing, it is amazingly incomplete. Franklin is, of course, one of the most famous Americans who ever lived, and his accomplishments in a wide array of endeavors are a part of American lore and popular ...
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America's Founding Secret: What the Scottish Enlightenment Taught Our Founding Fathers
Robert W. Galvin
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2002
Great historical reading
+ Short Intro To The Scottish Enlightenment/U.S. Connection
The Scottish Enlightenment was a period when some of the greatest scholars from almost every field were concentrated in one area that allowed a free flow of thought and information between them. Basically they were concentrated in the university communities of Glasgow and Edinburgh between 1720 ...
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A Summa of the Summa
Thomas
Ignatius Press, 1990
Embracing the title of "Beginner"
+ Excellent for the novice
+ Awesome!
+ No Better Place to Start
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Penguin Classics)
Edward Gibbon
Penguin Classics, 2001
A monumental work in the field of history
+ Understand that any civilization may fail.
This work has often been called, and rightly I believe, the most significant historical text ever written in the English language. Even in abridged form this work is spectacular, but as a whole this treatise on the fall of Rome is nothing short of monumental. In fact, the whole work covers a ...
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The Wealth of Nations (Bantam Classics)
Adam Smith
Bantam Classics, 2003
Excellent
+ wealth of nations
+ Making Wealth, Making Poverty: A Smithian Prometheus
+ Awesome read
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The Trial and Death of Socrates: Four Dialogues (Dover Thrift Editions)
Plato
Dover Publications, 1992
Plato and Socrates and the Immortality of the Soul.
+ true to the socrates' principles
+ All you need to know on how to live a good life
+ " The unexamined life is not worth living"
+ A Great Translation
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The Portable Enlightenment Reader (The Viking Portable Library) (The Viking Portable Library)
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1995
An Enlightenment Buffet
+ A good sampling
+ FACINATING pure AND simple
+ This book is terrific for research and enjoyment
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The Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration (Dover Thrift Editions)
John Locke
Dover Publications, 2002
Most Representative Thinker in Anglo-American Tradition
+ The Second Treatise of Government...(Locke)
John Locke (1632-1704) wrote "Second Treatise of Government" in 1690, it was the main political philosophical source that our "Founding Fathers" went to in writing the "Declaration of Independence" and in forming our government. I think you should know something of Locke to understand what ...
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Cicero: On Duties (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Cambridge University Press, 1991
Fatherlove
I'm not sure why we ignore our ancient wisdom. We seem to be well-fed on eastern paradox and mysticism, but we have lost the tradition of reason and cross-examination that brought stability and technology to the world. We heard the cry, "If we can send a man to the moon, why can't we . . ." Part ...
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We, the People (Great Documents of the American Nation)
Jerome B. Agel
Barnes & Noble, 2000
We, the People contains every significant document in American history. Readers will encounter early and unfamiliar documents such as the Mayflower Compact...delve into landmark cases such as Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade. Encompasses themes such as early history, foreign affairs, social reform, the Civil War, presidential addresses, civil rights, Indian affairs and more.
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