Commentary on the Constitution from Plato to Rousseau

Commentary on the Constitution from Plato to Rousseau looks at 14 historical figures who-by their words and/or deeds-set the stage for political thought before the U.S. Constitution was written. Rather than a book about what the founders took from previous thinkers and political figures, this is a book that allows the reader to consider the U.S. Constitution while learning about people whose genius has transcended time, from Plato to Rousseau.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter I: Plato on the United States Constitution
Chapter II: Aristotle on the United States Constitution
Chapter III: Cicero on the American Constitution
Chapter IV: Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) on the U.S. Constitution
Chapter V: Muhammad on the U.S. Constitution
Chapter VI: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II Von Hohenstaufen, Stupor Mundi
Chapter VII: Dante Alighieri on the U.S. Constitution
Chapter VIII: Niccolò Machiavelli on the U.S. Constitution
Chapter IX: Sir Thomas More on the U.S. Constitution
Chapter X: Desiderius Erasmus on the U.S. Constitution
Chapter XI: Thomas Hobbes on the U.S. Constitution
Chapter XII: John Locke on the U.S. Constitution
Chapter XIII: Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu 1689-1755
Chapter XIV: Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712-1778
Chapter XV: Conclusion
Works Consulted

About the author

Joshua B. Stein is professor of history at Roger Williams University.

Product details

• Authors: Stein, Joshua B. Stein, Stein Joshua B.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.12.2011
• EAN: 9780739174036
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-7403-6
• No. of pages: 357
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Constitution: government & the state