Research Case: Why Are Founders and Heroes Necessary When Institutions Are Still Immature, but Dangerous When Their Heroic Power Is Not Institutionalized?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why are founders and heroes necessary when institutions are still immature, but dangerous when their heroic power is not institutionalized? 2. Abstract Founders and heroes are necessary when institutions are still immature because they supply the starting force that converts disorder into … Read more

Research Case: Why is the role of a founder not to preserve order first, but to bring order into being?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why is the role of a founder not to preserve order first, but to bring order into being? 2. Abstract The role of a founder is not first to preserve order, but to bring order into being, because at the founding stage … Read more