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100 1  $a Ricks, Thomas E., $e author.
245 10 $a First principles : $h [large print] / $b what America's founders learned from the Greeks and Romans and how that shaped our country / $c Thomas E. Ricks.
246 3  $a What America's founders learned from the Greeks and Romans and how that shaped our country.
250    $a Large print edition.
264  1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c [2021]
300    $a 689 (large print) pages : $b map ; $c 24 cm.
340    $n large print $2 rdafs.
504    $a Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $t Appendix: The Declaration of Independence. $t Prologue: What is America? -- $t The power of colonial classicism -- $t Washington studies how to rise in colonial society -- $t John Adams aims to become an American Cicero -- $t Jefferson blooms at William & Mary -- $t Madison breaks away to Princeton -- $t Adams and the fuse of rebellion -- $t Jefferson's declaration of the "American mind" -- $t Washington: the noblest Roman of them all -- $t The war strains the classical model -- $t From a difficult war to an uneasy peace -- $t Madison and the Constitution: balancing vice with vice -- $t The Classical vision smashes into American reality -- $t The revolution of 1800: the people, not the plebes -- $t The end of American classicism -- $t Epilogue: What we can do -- $t Acknowledgments -- $t Appendix: The Declaration of Independence.
520    $a 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.
600 10 $a Adams, John, $d 1735-1826 $x Philosophy.
600 10 $a Jefferson, Thomas, $d 1743-1826 $x Philosophy.
600 10 $a Madison, James, $d 1751-1836 $x Philosophy.
650  0 $a Political science $z United States $x History $y 18th century.
650  0 $a Classical literature $x Influence.
650  0 $a Classicism $z United States $x History $y 18th century.
650  0 $a Philosophy, Ancient $x Influence.
650  0 $a Presidents $z United States $x Knowledge and learning.
651  0 $a United States $x Classical influences. $x Classical influences.
651  0 $a United States $x Philosophy. $x Philosophy.
651  0 $a United States $x Philosophy. $x Philosophy.
655  0 $a Large type books.
655  7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft.
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