TY - BOOK AU - Newell,Waller Randy ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Tyranny: a new interpretation AV - JC381 .N43 2013 U1 - 321.9 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Despotism N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments; Introduction: the conquest of eros; 1. The ontology of tyranny; 2. The tyrant and the statesman in Plato's political philosophy and Machiavelli's rejoinder; 3. Superlative virtue, monarchy, and political community in Aristotle's Politics; 4. Tyranny and the art of ruling in Xenophon's Education of Cyrus; 5. Machiavelli, Xenophon, and Xenophon's Cyrus; 6. Glory and reputation: Machiavelli's new prince; 7. The republic in motion: Machiavelli's vision of the new Rome; Conclusion: tyranny ancient and modern; Epilogue: the hermaneutical problem of tyranny; Bibliography; Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015 N2 - "This is the first comprehensive exploration of ancient and modern tyranny in the history of political thought"-- UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/gla/detail.action?docID=1139670 ER -