The Essential Federalist: A New Reading of the Federalist PapersMadison House, 1998 - 183 pages Jefferson called The Federalist "the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever written," and yet the text is considered lifeless and impenetrable by all but the most persistent readers. The Essential Federalist presents a bold new approach to reading one of the most important documents in American history. By careful selection, organization, and annotation of the essays' most meaningful passages, this book showcases what is central to The Federalist. "If the road over which you will still have to pass," in reading these papers, wrote Publius, "should in some places appear to you tedious or irksome, you will recollect that you are in quest of information on a subject the most momentous which can engage the attention of free people. . . . It will be my aim to remove the obstacles to your progress in as compendious a manner as it can be done, without sacrificing utility to dispatch." Dr. Quentin P. Taylor takes up Publius' challenge by making The Federalist an understandable and usable resource. This book will be essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the roots of American government. |
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... American creed , the workings of the Enlightenment spirit is not immediately apparent in them . Conse- quently , it has been suggested that the practical - minded American Founders lacked a political philosophy altogether . " In reality ...
... American creed , the workings of the Enlightenment spirit is not immediately apparent in them . Conse- quently , it has been suggested that the practical - minded American Founders lacked a political philosophy altogether . " In reality ...
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... American Enlightenment and the achievement of the Founders . More detailed and scholarly is Commager's The Empire of Reason : How Europe Imagined and America Realized The Enlightenment ( Garden City , N.Y. , 1977 ) . See also Henry F ...
... American Enlightenment and the achievement of the Founders . More detailed and scholarly is Commager's The Empire of Reason : How Europe Imagined and America Realized The Enlightenment ( Garden City , N.Y. , 1977 ) . See also Henry F ...
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... American Founders were anticipated by the re- publican writings of Niccolò Machiavelli ( 1469–1527 ) . For a systematic comparison , see Quentin P. Taylor , “ Machiavelli and the American Republic , " in The Other Machiavelli ...
... American Founders were anticipated by the re- publican writings of Niccolò Machiavelli ( 1469–1527 ) . For a systematic comparison , see Quentin P. Taylor , “ Machiavelli and the American Republic , " in The Other Machiavelli ...
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