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Tyranny from Plato to Trump
Fools, Sycophants, and Citizens|
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| Verlag: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 15.03.2022 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781538160497 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 256 |
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<p><span>Power grabs, partisan stand-offs, propaganda, and riots make for tantalizing fiction, but what do we do when that drama becomes a reality all around us? For a country founded as an escape from British tyranny, the United States seems to have devolved into a land where tyrants rise to power, sycophants blindly follow, and the entire nation suffers.</span></p>
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<p><span>As ancient Greek philosophers warned us, chaotic tragedy unfolds in the absence of reason, and the only cure is a return to wisdom and virtue. America’s founding fathers knew this lesson all too well and dreamed of an enlightened citizenry guided by better-than-ideological dictators. </span></p>
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<p><span>Using contemporary events to illuminate universal human weaknesses, Andrew Fiala charts the perennial history of tyrannical takeovers and the masses who support them and ultimately suffer under their rule. Ultimately, Fiala also points to a solution. Knowing the cyclical nature of tyranny, we can build safeguards against our worst inclinations and keep alive the freedoms our founding fathers envisioned for this nation.</span></p>
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<p><span>As ancient Greek philosophers warned us, chaotic tragedy unfolds in the absence of reason, and the only cure is a return to wisdom and virtue. America’s founding fathers knew this lesson all too well and dreamed of an enlightened citizenry guided by better-than-ideological dictators. </span></p>
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<p><span>Using contemporary events to illuminate universal human weaknesses, Andrew Fiala charts the perennial history of tyrannical takeovers and the masses who support them and ultimately suffer under their rule. Ultimately, Fiala also points to a solution. Knowing the cyclical nature of tyranny, we can build safeguards against our worst inclinations and keep alive the freedoms our founding fathers envisioned for this nation.</span></p>
<p><span>Power grabs, partisan stand-offs, propaganda, and riots make for tantalizing fiction, but the US seems to have devolved into a land that celebrates real-life dictators. Applying historical lessons to contemporary events, Fiala uses the history of tyranny to reveal how we can safeguard ourselves against the draw of idealogues and their sycophants. </span></p>
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<p><span>Preface</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 1: From Trump to Plato and Back Again</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 2: Tyranny as a Theological Problem</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 3: The Tragic Trio and the Midwife Who Enlightens</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 4: Political Tragedy and Historical Wisdom</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 5: The Tyrant’s Pride: On Ambition, Power, and Greatness</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 6: The Fool’s Stupidity: On Willful and Vicious Ignorance </span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 7: The Sycophant’s Complicity: On Cunning, Flattery, and the Trojan Horse</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 8: Wisdom, Vigilance, and The Citizen-Philosopher</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 9: The Constitution of Wisdom</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 10: The Mirror of Philosophy</span></p>
<p><span>Appendix 1: Trump’s View of Morality in Context</span></p>
<p><span>Appendix 2: Cast of Characters and Key Events</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 1: From Trump to Plato and Back Again</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 2: Tyranny as a Theological Problem</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 3: The Tragic Trio and the Midwife Who Enlightens</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 4: Political Tragedy and Historical Wisdom</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 5: The Tyrant’s Pride: On Ambition, Power, and Greatness</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 6: The Fool’s Stupidity: On Willful and Vicious Ignorance </span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 7: The Sycophant’s Complicity: On Cunning, Flattery, and the Trojan Horse</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 8: Wisdom, Vigilance, and The Citizen-Philosopher</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 9: The Constitution of Wisdom</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 10: The Mirror of Philosophy</span></p>
<p><span>Appendix 1: Trump’s View of Morality in Context</span></p>
<p><span>Appendix 2: Cast of Characters and Key Events</span></p>
<p><span>What would Plato or George Washington think of Donald Trump? Prominent philosopher Andrew Fiala presents the tyranny of our time as an ancient and universal problem, from how tyrants are made, to how and why they fall.</span></p>
<p><span>Andrew Fiala</span><span> is a respected professor of ethics, political philosophy, and the philosophy of religion, and nonviolence and pacifism. He is director the Center for Ethics at California State University, Fresno, and is a frequent contributor to the </span><span>Fresno Bee</span><span> newspaper.</span></p>
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<p><span>11/29/22, </span><span>Choice Reviews</span><span>:</span><span> </span><span>This book was featured as a top community college title.</span></p>
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