First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks, Romans, and the Enlightenment ― A NYT Bestselling History of Ideas

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First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks, Romans, and the Enlightenment ― A NYT Bestselling History of Ideas

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Published November 10, 2020
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After spending years working in the corporate world, Thomas E. Ricks finally decided to pursue a lifelong passion for writing. They currently reside in a quiet suburb where they spend most of their time outlining new stories, reading extensively, and occasionally attempting to bake.

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