How Often Did the Founders Think About Rome? | Dr. Khalil Habib

In this episode:Khalil Habib joins Conservative Conversations in an episode that covers a wide range of great thinkers, including Machiavelli, Montesquieu, Polybius, Livy, Lucretius, Tocqueville, and Edmund Burkewhy republics tend to become empires, and how the Founders used the history of the classical world when thinking about the Constitutionhow Napoleon fits into the story and meaning of the French RevolutionTexts Mentioned:Discourses on Livy by Niccolo MachiavelliConsiderations on the Causes of Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline by MontesquieuThe History of Rome by LivyThe Histories by PolybiusOn the Nature of Things by LucretiusThe Federalist PapersReflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund BurkeThe Ancien Regime and the French Revolution by Alexis de TocquevilleThe Spirit of the Laws by MontesquieuDemocracy in America by Alexis de TocquevilleA People’s Tragedy by Orlando FigesWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyDiscourse on the Arts and Sciences by Jean-Jacques Rousseau“Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol” by Edmund BurkeBecome a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events