Commentary on the Constitution from Plato to Rousseau
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Commentary on the Constitution from Plato to Rousseau

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Commentary on the Constitution from Plato to Rousseau

About this book

In an age where scholars, lawyers, judges and just plain folk debate the original intent of the U.S. Constitution, Commentary on the Constitution from Plato to Rousseau demonstrates that the issues confronting the founders-as well as issues of understanding what the founders intended-can be traced back to antiquity. Stein looks at 14 historical figures who-by their words and/or deeds-set the stage for political thought before the constitution was written. All the subjects of this book deal as best they can with questions of the relationship between executive and other branches of government; all deal with the role of religion in government; all deal with how much (if any) democracy should be allowed in determining fundamental law and day-to-day governance; all engaged in the thought experiment of asking what life was like before government, and therefore why government was instituted; all deal with the relationship of central authority and provincial (states') rights; all seek to avoid tyranny. Commentary on the Constitution from Plato to Rousseau is not about what the founders took from previous thinkers and political figures; it 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.

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Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. 1 Plato on the United States Constitution
  3. 2 Aristotle on the United States Constitution
  4. 3 Cicero on the United States Constitution
  5. 4 Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) on the U.S. Constitution
  6. 5 Muhammad on the U.S. Constitution (as Inferred from the Qur’an and the Medina Covenant)
  7. 6 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II von Hohenstaufen, Stupor Mundi
  8. 7 Dante Alighieri on the U.S. Constitution
  9. 8 Niccolò Machiavelli on the U.S. Constitution
  10. 9 Sir Thomas More on the U.S. Constitution
  11. 10 Desiderius Erasmus on the U.S. Constitution
  12. 11 Thomas Hobbes on the U.S. Constitution
  13. 12 John Locke on the U.S. Constitution
  14. 13 Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu 1689–1755
  15. 14 Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712–1778
  16. 15 Conclusion
  17. Works Consulted
  18. About the Author