Research Case: Why Does the Privatization of Divine Will Break Political Trust Before It Breaks Faith?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why does the privatization of divine will cause the collapse of political trust before it destroys faith itself? 2. Abstract The privatization of divine will causes political trust to collapse before it destroys faith because, in an ancient state, divine will was … Read more

Research Case: Why did political decisions require not only rational outcomes, but also procedures justified before the gods?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why did political decisions require not only rational outcomes, but also procedures justified before the gods? 2. Abstract Political decisions required not only rational outcomes but also procedures justified before the gods because, in the ancient state, it was not enough to … Read more

Research Case: Why did the connection with divine will function not as superstition, but as a technology of governance in the ancient state?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why did the connection with divine will function not as superstition, but as a technology of governance in the ancient state? 2. Abstract The connection with divine will functioned not as superstition but as a technology of governance in the ancient state … Read more

Research Case: Why do violence and order formation proceed together in an undifferentiated way in a newly founded state?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why do violence and order formation proceed together in an undifferentiated way in a newly founded state? 2. Abstract In a newly founded state, violence and order formation proceed together in an undifferentiated way because public order has not yet been fully … Read more