3 Overcoming Oligarchy: Republicanism and the Right to Property in The Federalist

Sikkenga, Jeffrey

doi:10.3138/9781442664029-005

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“…46 Sikkenga (2002) bases his analysis of book 8's oligarchy on this single piece of information. Nothing rules out Theophrastus' man honouring money as such; but he seems much more sensitive to outward appearance and party solidarity.…”

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THEOPHRASTUS’ ‘OLIGARCH’ AND THE POLITICAL INTENTION OF THECHARACTERS

Ebner‐Landy

Nicolay

2023

Camb. class. j.

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The intention of Theophrastus’ Characters still escapes us. This paper offers a new answer to that centuries-old question by looking closely at the one political sketch of the collection: ‘The Oligarch’ (C.26). We argue that C.26 reveals a political intention in the Characters, presenting oligarchy as the inherently flawed projection of a character trait onto political events. Read in this way, C.26 appears as a medium through which Theophrastus can take a definite but careful stance in contemporary Athenian politics.

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confidence: 99%