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How to Run a Country : An Ancient Guide for Modern Leaders / Marcus Tullius Cicero.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Ancient Wisdom for Modern ReadersPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (152 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691156576
  • 9781400846207
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320 23
LOC classification:
  • PA6278.A3 F7413 2013eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Natural Law -- Balance of Power -- Leadership -- Friends and Enemies -- Persuasion -- Compromise -- Money and Power -- Immigration -- War -- Corruption -- Tyranny -- Cicero's Epilogue: The Fallen State -- Latin Texts -- Passages Translated -- Glossary -- Further Reading
Summary: Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest statesman and orator, was elected to the Roman Republic's highest office at a time when his beloved country was threatened by power-hungry politicians, dire economic troubles, foreign turmoil, and political parties that refused to work together. Sound familiar? Cicero's letters, speeches, and other writings are filled with timeless wisdom and practical insight about how to solve these and other problems of leadership and politics. How to Run a Country collects the best of these writings to provide an entertaining, common sense guide for modern leaders and citizens. This brief book, a sequel to How to Win an Election, gathers Cicero's most perceptive thoughts on topics such as leadership, corruption, the balance of power, taxes, war, immigration, and the importance of compromise. These writings have influenced great leaders--including America's Founding Fathers--for two thousand years, and they are just as instructive today as when they were first written. Organized by topic and featuring lively new translations, the book also includes an introduction, headnotes, a glossary, suggestions for further reading, and an appendix containing the original Latin texts. The result is an enlightening introduction to some of the most enduring political wisdom of all time.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Natural Law -- Balance of Power -- Leadership -- Friends and Enemies -- Persuasion -- Compromise -- Money and Power -- Immigration -- War -- Corruption -- Tyranny -- Cicero's Epilogue: The Fallen State -- Latin Texts -- Passages Translated -- Glossary -- Further Reading

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Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest statesman and orator, was elected to the Roman Republic's highest office at a time when his beloved country was threatened by power-hungry politicians, dire economic troubles, foreign turmoil, and political parties that refused to work together. Sound familiar? Cicero's letters, speeches, and other writings are filled with timeless wisdom and practical insight about how to solve these and other problems of leadership and politics. How to Run a Country collects the best of these writings to provide an entertaining, common sense guide for modern leaders and citizens. This brief book, a sequel to How to Win an Election, gathers Cicero's most perceptive thoughts on topics such as leadership, corruption, the balance of power, taxes, war, immigration, and the importance of compromise. These writings have influenced great leaders--including America's Founding Fathers--for two thousand years, and they are just as instructive today as when they were first written. Organized by topic and featuring lively new translations, the book also includes an introduction, headnotes, a glossary, suggestions for further reading, and an appendix containing the original Latin texts. The result is an enlightening introduction to some of the most enduring political wisdom of all time.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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