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In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Thomas Ricks, journalist and historian, talks about his new book, "First Principles, What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How that Shaped Our Country." Ricks outlines the degree to which the founding fathers were influenced by the ancients and how this influence helped to shape the structure and the principles of the emerging republic.
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In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Thomas Ricks, journalist and historian, talks about his new book, "First Principles, What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How that Shaped Our Country." Ricks outlines the degree to which the founding fathers were influenced by the ancients and how this influence helped to shape the structure and the principles of the emerging republic.

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