Carson Holloway is assistant professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Writing with erudition and insight, the contributors to this volume address themselves to a fundamental problem of our time: we both want and need excellent political leadership, yet we do not fully grasp its character or conditions. This fine book clarifies our understanding of, and deepens our appreciation for, genuine political greatness, and it accordingly should be essential reading for scholars, statesmen, and citizens.

• Chapter 1 AcknowledgementsChapter 2 1. IntroductionPart 3 Part I: Magnanimity in Classical and Christian Political ThoughtChapter 4 2. Aristotle's Magnanimous ManChapter 5 3. Magnanimity and Statesmanship: The Ciceronian DifferenceChapter 6 4. Thomas Aquinas on Magnanimous and Prudent StatesmanshipPart 7 Part II: Magnanimity and ModernityChapter 8 5. Hobbes on Magnanimity and Statesmanship: Replacing Virtue with ScienceChapter 9 7. The Magnanimous Overman: On Nietzsche's Transformation of Aristotle's Greatness of SoulChapter 9 6. Tocqueville on Greatness and JusticePart 11 Part III: Magnanimous StatesmenChapter 12 9. George Washington's Greatness and Aristotelian Virtue: Enduring Lessons for Constitutional DemocracyChapter 12 8. Magnanimity and Martyrdom: The Death and Life of Thomas MoreChapter 14 10. Lincoln and Biblical MagnanimityChapter 15 The Statesman as Great-Souled Man: Winston ChurchillChapter 16 About the Contributors

Carson Holloway is assistant professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Writing with erudition and insight, the contributors to this volume address themselves to a fundamental problem of our time: we both want and need excellent political leadership, yet we do not fully grasp its character or conditions. This fine book clarifies our understanding of, and deepens our appreciation for, genuine political greatness, and it accordingly should be essential reading for scholars, statesmen, and citizens.

• Chapter 1 AcknowledgementsChapter 2 1. IntroductionPart 3 Part I: Magnanimity in Classical and Christian Political ThoughtChapter 4 2. Aristotle's Magnanimous ManChapter 5 3. Magnanimity and Statesmanship: The Ciceronian DifferenceChapter 6 4. Thomas Aquinas on Magnanimous and Prudent StatesmanshipPart 7 Part II: Magnanimity and ModernityChapter 8 5. Hobbes on Magnanimity and Statesmanship: Replacing Virtue with ScienceChapter 9 7. The Magnanimous Overman: On Nietzsche's Transformation of Aristotle's Greatness of SoulChapter 9 6. Tocqueville on Greatness and JusticePart 11 Part III: Magnanimous StatesmenChapter 12 9. George Washington's Greatness and Aristotelian Virtue: Enduring Lessons for Constitutional DemocracyChapter 12 8. Magnanimity and Martyrdom: The Death and Life of Thomas MoreChapter 14 10. Lincoln and Biblical MagnanimityChapter 15 The Statesman as Great-Souled Man: Winston ChurchillChapter 16 About the Contributors

Carson Holloway is assistant professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Writing with erudition and insight, the contributors to this volume address themselves to a fundamental problem of our time: we both want and need excellent political leadership, yet we do not fully grasp its character or conditions. This fine book clarifies our understanding of, and deepens our appreciation for, genuine political greatness, and it accordingly should be essential reading for scholars, statesmen, and citizens.

• Chapter 1 AcknowledgementsChapter 2 1. IntroductionPart 3 Part I: Magnanimity in Classical and Christian Political ThoughtChapter 4 2. Aristotle's Magnanimous ManChapter 5 3. Magnanimity and Statesmanship: The Ciceronian DifferenceChapter 6 4. Thomas Aquinas on Magnanimous and Prudent StatesmanshipPart 7 Part II: Magnanimity and ModernityChapter 8 5. Hobbes on Magnanimity and Statesmanship: Replacing Virtue with ScienceChapter 9 7. The Magnanimous Overman: On Nietzsche's Transformation of Aristotle's Greatness of SoulChapter 9 6. Tocqueville on Greatness and JusticePart 11 Part III: Magnanimous StatesmenChapter 12 9. George Washington's Greatness and Aristotelian Virtue: Enduring Lessons for Constitutional DemocracyChapter 12 8. Magnanimity and Martyrdom: The Death and Life of Thomas MoreChapter 14 10. Lincoln and Biblical MagnanimityChapter 15 The Statesman as Great-Souled Man: Winston ChurchillChapter 16 About the Contributors