How Long to Read Greece, Rome, and the Bill of Rights

How Long Does it Take to Read Greece, Rome, and the Bill of Rights?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 30 minutes to read Greece, Rome, and the Bill of Rights by Susan Ford Wiltshire

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The principle that a purpose of government is to protect the individual rights and minority opinions of its citizens is a recent idea in human history. A doctrine of human rights could never have evolved, however, if the ancient Athenians had not invented the revolutionary idea that human beings are capable of governing themselves and if the ancient Romans had not created their elaborate system of law. Susan Ford Wiltshire traces the evolution of the doctrine of individual rights from antiquity through the eighteenth century. The common thread through that long story is the theory of natural law. Growing out of Greek political thought, especially that of Aristotle, natural law became a major tenet of Stoic philosophy during the Hellenistic age and later became attached to Roman legal doctrine. It underwent several transformations during the Middle Ages on the Continent and in England, especially in the thought of John Locke, before it came to justify a theory of natural rights, claimed by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence as the basis of the "unalienable rights" of Americans. Amendment by amendment, Wiltshire assesses in detail the ancient parallels for the twenty-odd provisions of the Bill of Rights. She does not claim that it is directly influenced by Greek and Roman political practice. Rather, she examines classical efforts toward assuring such guarantees as freedom of speech, religious toleration, and trial by jury. Present in the ancient world, too, were early experiments in limiting search and seizure, the billeting of soldiers, and the right to bear arms. Wiltshire concludes that while the idea of individual rights evolved later than classical antiquity, the civic infrastructure supporting such rights in the United States is preeminently a legacy from ancient Greece and Rome. In the era celebrating the Bicentennial of the Bill of Rights, Greece, Rome, and the Bill of Rights reminds us once again that the idea of ensuring human rights has a long history, one as tenuous but as enduring as the story of human freedom itself.

How long is Greece, Rome, and the Bill of Rights?

Greece, Rome, and the Bill of Rights by Susan Ford Wiltshire is 270 pages long, and a total of 67,500 words.

This makes it 91% the length of the average book. It also has 82% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Greece, Rome, and the Bill of Rights Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 8 minutes to read Greece, Rome, and the Bill of Rights aloud.

What Reading Level is Greece, Rome, and the Bill of Rights?

Greece, Rome, and the Bill of Rights is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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