First principles : what America's founders learned from the Greeks and Romans and how that shaped our country
(2020)
By:
Ricks, Thomas E.
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
973.099/RICKS,T
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xxiv, 386 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780062997456, 0062997459 :, 9780062997456
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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