Commentary This is the fourth in a series of essays on the ideas that formed the Constitution. You can find the first essay here, the second here, and the third here. As explained in the second installment, 18th-century schoolboys were not expected to be as proficient in Greek as in Latin. However, they learned to…

Commentary This is the third in a series of essays on the ideas behind the Constitution. You can find the first two essays here and here. By the beginning of the fifth century before the Christian Era (500 B.C.E.), Greek civilization had spread far beyond mainland Greece. Hellenic colonies dominated the shores around the Black…