How to Run a Country

Zusatztext "Cicero’s insights are as valid as they were 2,000 years ago and his advice could be beneficially applied perennially by speakers and rulers today." ---Alexander Adams, Alexanderadamsart Informationen zum Autor Marcus Tullius CiceroSelected, translated, and with an introduction by Philip Freeman Klappentext " How to Win an Election was a delight--and How to Run a Country is even better. Cicero's acute observations about how to govern will resonate with everyone who recognizes that the tribalism, ideological extremism, and coarsened culture of politics today urgently need to change." --Norman J. Ornstein, coauthor of It's Even Worse Than It Looks "Cicero's words live forever. In these carefully chosen and well-translated selections on leadership, classicist Philip Freeman offers an astute introduction to one of history's noblest minds." --Barry Strauss, author of Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership Zusammenfassung Timeless political wisdom from ancient history's greatest statesman Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction vii How to Run a Country 1 Natural Law 1 Balance of Power 4 Leadership 6 Friends and Enemies 16 Persuasion 24 Compromise 30 Money and Power 36 Immigration 43 War 46 Corruption 49 Tyranny 56 Cicero's Epilogue: The Fallen State 66 Latin Texts 68 Passages Translated 115 Glossary 121 Further Reading 131

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"[Freeman's] book is a collection of tidbits, of course, but if it sends its readers on a journey into Cicero's world it will have achieved Freeman's main purpose: the creation of citizen-readers who are a little bit more thoughtful about politics than they were before."--Brett Evans, Inside Story

Product details

• Authors: Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Quintus Cicero, Quintus Tullius Cicero
• Assisted by: Philip Freeman (Editor), Philip Freeman (Translation), Freeman Philip (Translation), Freeman Philip (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2013
• EAN: 9780691156576
• ISBN: 978-0-691-15657-6
• No. of pages: 152
• Dimensions: 124 mm x 178 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers; Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, European history: the Romans