A Further Note on Certain of Hamilton's Pseudonyms
The "Love of Fame" and the Use of Plutarch
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11675993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mackubin T Owens (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 275-275 |
| Publication date | 1984-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Early Republic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0275-1275 • E-ISSN: 1553-0620 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3123148 |
| OpenAlex | W2335657132 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Those who study early republic owe a debt of gratitude to Douglass Adair for his rediscovery of principle of fame in his article, Fame and Founding Fathers.' He and his colleague Gerald Stourzh2 were first to show that for founders, fame was, in words of Forrest McDonald, the secular equivalent of Christian immortality.' The founders themselves looked to antiquity for their models of greatness and virtue, since, as Aristotle remarked, one studies virtue by studying actions of virtuous men. For founders, great source for this study of virtue was Plautarch's Lives. Plutarch begins his Life of Timoleon with a discussion of his motive for writing about great men of antiquity
Economics · Sociology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Literary Analyses · Joseph Conrad and Literature · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2011 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |