The Spirit of Modern Republicanism
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The Spirit of Modern Republicanism
| Author | Thomas L. Pangle |
|---|---|
| Published | 1988 |
| Pages | 354 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Thomas Pangle reads the American founding as Lockean in a stronger sense than its defenders usually allow: the founders’ moral vision rested on Locke’s account of individual rights, acquisition and consent rather than classical or Christian virtue, and the founding’s difficulties follow from that choice rather than from a failure to live up to it. |
Where I heard about it
- Brendan McCord — on his Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List, March 2026, in the section on The American Experiment, paired with Diamond: two readings of the same founding, one treating it as a republican achievement and one asking what was given up to make it Lockean. The full 211-entry list is on The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List.
About this edition
University of Chicago Press, 1988.
Connections
- The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List — the curriculum this card came from.
- Liberalism — the tradition Pangle locates the founding inside.
- Leo Strauss — the interpretive tradition Pangle writes from.
- Human Nature — the Lockean premise the book makes load-bearing.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.