Third Course: Constitutions and Orators of Greece. Fourth Course: Modern Greece

Ticknor & Fields

ISBN 10: 0461748185 / ISBN 13: 9780461748185

Published by HardPress Ltd, 2021

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• Title: Third Course: Constitutions and Orators of Greece. Fourth Course: Modern Greece
• Publisher: HardPress Ltd
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461748185
• ISBN 13: 9780461748185
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 526 grams

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Third Course: Constitutions And Orators Of Greece. Fourth Course: Modern Greece surveys Greek political life from its origins to the classical city-states, contrasting Greek practices with Oriental despotism and emphasizing the centrality of the city-state (poleis), autonomous polities, and varied constitutional forms. The excerpt outlines Lectures I–VI, tracing how constitutions, lawgivers, and civic eloquence shaped Greek society and, by extension, Western political thought, from heroic ages through Sparta and Athens to later political developments. It covers the Heroic Age’s constitutions and slavery, the debate over natural and expedient slavery in Plato and Aristotle—with Christian ethics reframing but not instant abolition—, the oscillation between monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, and democracy, and the Spartan and Athenian reforms of Solon and Cleisthenes that culminate in a system balancing popular sovereignty with institutional checks. It further presents a synthesis of themes showing Greek political genius in blending liberty with governance structures, and notes the broader influence on Roman law and later parliamentary practice. The Local Summary expands the narrative to modern Greece, including the Greek Revolution, constitutional monarchy, and the Western reception of Greek civilization, education, and diplomacy as foundational to national identity.