As Far As Republican Principles Will Admit
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As Far As Republican Principles Will Admit
| Author | Martin Diamond |
|---|---|
| Published | 1992 |
| Pages | 405 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Martin Diamond’s essays on the American founding, arguing against the Progressive historians that the Framers were solving a genuinely republican problem — how to check majority faction while staying answerable to the majority. The founders’ republicanism as a solution rather than a compromise. |
Where I heard about it
- Brendan McCord — on his Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List (March 2026), under The American Experiment, which reads the founding through its own documents and then through its interpreters. Full transcription: The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List.
About this edition
A posthumous collection, edited by William A. Schambra and published by the AEI Press. The title is Madison’s phrase from The Federalist.
Connections
- The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List — the curriculum this card came from.
- Democracy — the founding’s design problem as Diamond reconstructs it.
- Institutions — the level at which he thinks the founders’ answer lives.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.