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The case for greatness : honorable ambition and its critics / Robert Faulkner.
| Author/creator | Faulkner, Robert K., 1934- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2007. |
| Description | xi, 264 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: honorable statesmen and obscuring theories -- The gentleman-statesman : Aristotle's (complicated) great-souled man -- Imperial ambition in free politics : the problem of Thucydides' Alcibiades -- The soul of grand ambition : Alcibiades cross-examined by Socrates -- Imperial grandeur and imperial hollowness : Xenophon's Cyrus the Great -- Obscuring the truly great : Washington and modern theories of fame -- Honorable greatness denied (1) : the egalitarian web -- Honorable greatness denied (2) : the premises. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-256) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007023112 |
| ISBN | 9780300123937 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0300123930 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780300120202 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0300120206 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | BJ1533.A4 F38 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |