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Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Part I. Reflections on the Soul Chapter 3 Chapter 1. What is a Gentleman? An Introduction to Xenophon Chapter 4 Chapter 2. Xenophon on Gentlemanliness and Friendship Chapter 5 Chapter 3. On the Nature of Friendship in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics Chapter 6 Chapter 4. Aristotle and Liberalism Chapter 7 Chapter 5. Against Power and Glory: Montaigne's Critique of Machiavellian Acquisition Chapter 8 Chapter 6. The Education of the Sentiments in Montesquieu's The Temple of Gnidus Part 9 Part II. Conversations with Machiavelli Chapter 10 Chapter 7. How Machiavellian is Cicero? Chapter 11 Chapter 8. Being Altogether Bad, Becoming Altogether Good Chapter 12 Chapter 9. Hobbes' Clockwork: The State of Nature & Machiavelli's Return to the Beginnings of Cities Chapter 13 Chapter 10. Machiavelli, Hobbes, Clausewitz, and Foucault: Four Variations on the Zero-Sum Theme Chapter 14 Chapter 11. Montesquieu's Political Science: A Cure for Machiavellianism Chapter 15 Chapter 12. New Models and Orders: Hume's Cromwell as Modern Prince Part 16 Part III. Modern Politics and the Practice(s) of Freedom Chapter 17 Chapter 13. The Source of Hamlet Chapter 18 Chapter 14. Frenzy, Gloom, and the Spirit of Liberty in Hume Chapter 19 Chapter 15. Strauss's Burke Reconsidered Chapter 20 Chapter 16. Metrosexual Manliness: Tocqueville's New Science of Energy Chapter 21 Chapter 17. Seeing "Not Differently, but further, Than the Parties" Chapter 22 Chapter 18. Respectable Partisanship Part 23 Part IV. Harvey Mansfield as Teacher and Scholar Chapter 24 Chapter 19. Harvey Mansfield: An Appreciation Chapter 25 Publications by Harvey Mansfield Chapter 26 Courses Taught by Harvey Mansfield Chapter 27 A Brief Biography of Henry Mansfield

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      Publisher: Lexington Books
      Publication Date: 1/16/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780739119716, 978-0739119716
      ISBN10: 0739119710

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      Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Part I. Reflections on the Soul Chapter 3 Chapter 1. What is a Gentleman? An Introduction to Xenophon Chapter 4 Chapter 2. Xenophon on Gentlemanliness and Friendship Chapter 5 Chapter 3. On the Nature of Friendship in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics Chapter 6 Chapter 4. Aristotle and Liberalism Chapter 7 Chapter 5. Against Power and Glory: Montaigne's Critique of Machiavellian Acquisition Chapter 8 Chapter 6. The Education of the Sentiments in Montesquieu's The Temple of Gnidus Part 9 Part II. Conversations with Machiavelli Chapter 10 Chapter 7. How Machiavellian is Cicero? Chapter 11 Chapter 8. Being Altogether Bad, Becoming Altogether Good Chapter 12 Chapter 9. Hobbes' Clockwork: The State of Nature & Machiavelli's Return to the Beginnings of Cities Chapter 13 Chapter 10. Machiavelli, Hobbes, Clausewitz, and Foucault: Four Variations on the Zero-Sum Theme Chapter 14 Chapter 11. Montesquieu's Political Science: A Cure for Machiavellianism Chapter 15 Chapter 12. New Models and Orders: Hume's Cromwell as Modern Prince Part 16 Part III. Modern Politics and the Practice(s) of Freedom Chapter 17 Chapter 13. The Source of Hamlet Chapter 18 Chapter 14. Frenzy, Gloom, and the Spirit of Liberty in Hume Chapter 19 Chapter 15. Strauss's Burke Reconsidered Chapter 20 Chapter 16. Metrosexual Manliness: Tocqueville's New Science of Energy Chapter 21 Chapter 17. Seeing "Not Differently, but further, Than the Parties" Chapter 22 Chapter 18. Respectable Partisanship Part 23 Part IV. Harvey Mansfield as Teacher and Scholar Chapter 24 Chapter 19. Harvey Mansfield: An Appreciation Chapter 25 Publications by Harvey Mansfield Chapter 26 Courses Taught by Harvey Mansfield Chapter 27 A Brief Biography of Henry Mansfield

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