Summaries in Afrikaans and English / Die Pinkster Protestante Kerk (PPK) is deel van die wereldwye Pinksterbeweging en het op I 0 Oktober 1958 ontstaan uit die Apostoliese Geloofsending (AGS), die grootste Pinksterkerk in Suid-Afrika. Verskeie redes kan toegedig word vir die ontstaan. Eerstens was daar die doelbewuste poging van die AGS om die struikelblokke uit die weg te ruim ten einde as kerk deur die Nederduitse Gereformeerde kerk erken te word. 'n Tweede hoofrede was die party-politieke bedrywighede van pastoor Gerrie Wessels, 'n lid van die Uitvoerende Raad van die AGS. Die skrywer toon aan hoedat rassisme en Apartheid beslag gekry het in die ekklesiologie en missiologie van die PPK. Daar is tans vier aparte outonome rassekerke. Rassisme is die hoof oorsaak vir 'n onverenigde kerk. Deur die loop van die kerk se geskiedenis was daar vyf konstitusionele opsette ten einde eenheid te laat realiseer, maar sender veel sukses. 'n Sesde konstitusionele opset, een PPK, word tans beding. / The Pentecostal Protestant Church (PPC) is part of the worldwide Pentecostal Movement and originated from the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM), the largest Pentecostal Church in South Afiica, on October 10, 1958. There are various reasons that contributed to the birth of the church. Firstly, the AFM removed on purpose the obstacles that stood in the way in order to be acknowledge as a church by the Dutch Reformed Church. The party-political involvement of pastor Gerrie Wessels, an Executive Council member of the AFM, was the second main reason. The writer indicates how racism and Apartheid took root in the ecclesiology and missiology of the PPC. At the moment there are four separate outonomous race churches. The main reason for a not united church is racism. The church had five different constitutions in the course of her history in an attempt to bring forth unity, but without success. A six constitutional design for one PPC is currently being negotiated. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M. Th. (Sendingwetenskap)

Summaries in Afrikaans and English / Text in Afrikaans / Die tema van hierdie studie toon die kerkbegrip van Cyprianus aan as 'n spanning tussen die kerk as instituut en die kerk van die Gees. Hoofstuk een skets die invloed van Tertullianus as leermeester op Cyprianus. Tertullianus se kerkbegrip getuig self van spanning wat die produk is van 'n verandering van lidmaatskap vanaf die Katolieke kerk na die Montaniste. Tertullianus se kerkbegrip word vanuit twee perspektiewe belig. Eerstens vanuit 'n Katolieke, met 'n fokus op die fundering van die ware kerk en die mag van die kerk om sondes te kan vergewe. Tweedens vanuit 'n Montanistiese, wat die def iniering van die ware kerk en die mag van die kerk om sondes te kan vergewe eksklusief geestelik begrond. Hoofstuk twee skets die milieu waarbinne Cyprianus gearbei het. Dit sluit in 'n biografie van Cyprianus en die Afrika-religie en bevolking. Tweedens word die Europese invloed op Cyprianus se kerkbegrip aangedui. Die invloed van die Romeinse staatkundige model kan duidelik waargeneem word. Die grootste invloed was egter die Roomse kerklike model, weens die dinamika van die Roomse kerk. Hoofstuk drie skets die ekklesiologie van Cyprianus. Die spanning tussen die kerk as 'n instituut en die kerk van die Gees word aangedui deur 'n bespreking van die episkopaat; die betekenis van die biskop; Cyprianus se gesagsbegrip en sy perspektief op die primaat. Cyprianus se Bybelse verbintenis, sowel as die twee historiese lyne, naamlik die Pauliniese lyn en die Petruslyn, plaas sy uitspraak salus extra ecclesiam non est in perspektief. Cyprianus se kerkbegrip is primer 'n ekklesiologie van die Gees. In sy strewe na die eenheid van die kerk vind hy die kerk as instituut egter onontbeerlik. Spanning onstaan in sy poging om 'n sintese tussen die twee te vorm. / The theme of this study reveals the tension to be found between the church as institution and the church of the Spirit, in the ecclesiology of Cyprian. Chapter one shows the influence which Tertullian, as tutor, exerted on Cyprian. The ecclesiology of Tertullian also reveals the tension which is produced by the change of membership from Catholicism to Montanism. Tertullian's ecclesiology is highlighted from two different perspectives. Firstly from a Catholic view, with the focus on the fundamentals of the true church, and the authority and power of the church to forgive sins. Secondly, a Montanist view is proposed, which defines the true church, and the power it yields in forgiving sins, as being exclusively spiritual in nature. Chapter two describes the environment in which Cyprian worked. This includes a biography of Cyprian, as well as the African religion and people. Secondly the European influence is shown on Cyprian's ecclesiology. The influence exerted by the Roman state model is also clearly seen. The major influence though, was exercised by the Roman church model, on account of the dynamics of the Roman church. Chapter three describes Cyprian's ecclesiology. The tension between the church as institute and the church of the Spirit is revealed in a discussion on the episcopacy; the significance of the bishop; Cyprian's view on authority and his perspective on the primacy. Cyprian's biblical connection, as well as the two historical lines, namely the Pauline and Petrine lines, put his salus extra ecclesiam non est pronouncement in perspective. ecclesiology the unity of Cyprian's view is primarily that of a of the Spirit. In his striving towards the church though, he finds the church as institute to be indispensable. Tension develops in his endeavor to form a synthesis between the two. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D. Th.

protein chemistry, unnatural amino acids, chemical biology, proteomicsThe foundation of political societies is a central theme in Rousseau's work. This is no surprise coming from a man who was born into a people who had their own celebrated founder and foundations, and immersed himself in the writings of classical republicans and the quasi-mythical histories of ancient city-states where the heroic lawgiver played an important and legitimate role in political foundations. However, Rousseau's propositional political writings (those written for Geneva, Corsica, and Poland) have been accused of being unsystematic and running the spectrum from conservative and prudent to radical and utopian. It is this seeming incongruence which is the subject of this thesis. In particular, it is argued that this confusion is born out the failure to recognize a systematic distinction between "founding" and "re-founding" political societies in both the history of political thought, and Rousseau's own work (a distinction in Rousseau which has rarely been noted, let alone treated to a study of its own). By recognizing this distinction one can identify two Rousseaus; the conservative and prudent thinker who is wary of making changes to established political systems and constitutional foundations (the re-founder), and the radical democrat fighting for equality, and claiming that no state is legitimate without popular sovereignty (the founder). In demonstrating this distinction, this thesis examines the ancient concept of the lawgiver, the growth and expansion of the idea leading up to the eighteenth century, Rousseau's own philosophic writings on the topic, and the differing political proposals he wrote for Geneva, Corsica, and Poland. The thesis argues that although there is a clear separation between these two types of political proposals, they remain systematically Rousseauvian.

Les invasions biologiques sont reconnues comme un facteur évolutif important sur une échelle de temps courte. Elles affectent notamment la structure génétique des populations, les patrons d’évolution phénotypique et la richesse des faunes de parasites associées aux populations envahissantes. Cette étude se propose de quantifier les conséquences d’une invasion biologique suivant ces trois niveaux (génétique, phénotypique et parasitologique) en prenant pour exemple le cas du tilapia du Mozambique Oreochromis mossambicus. Ce cichlidé africain présente un statut remarquable en biologie de la conservation puisqu’il est à la fois (i) l’une des espèces les plus envahissantes au monde car dispersée à l’échelle globale au cours du XXème siècle et (ii) une espèce « quasi-menacée » (UICN) sur son aire native (partie du sud-est de l’Afrique) du fait de son hybridation massive avec d’autres Oreochromis sp. introduits. La démarche générale employée ici est de décrire l’histoire récente des populations à l’aide de marqueurs nucléaires (AFLP) et des séquences de l’ADN mitochondrial (ADNmt), puis de mettre en relation ces résultats génétiques avec la diversité morphologique et la parasitologie des populations. Deux systèmes différents ont été étudiés : Au sein de l’aire native, l’étude se focalise sur le Limpopo inférieur et le sous-bassin de la Changane (Mozambique). Des patrons d’introgression incluant trois espèces en présence sont détectés, mais les hybrides sont peu fréquents et leur expansion limitée. Ces résultats sont de plutôt bonne augure pour la conservation d’O. mossambicus et ils permettent d’identifier deux zones de conservation prioritaires. L’étude des parasites indique une plus grande diversité parasitaire mais de faibles prévalences dans les sites de moindre valeur en conservation, ce qui pourrait favoriser le succès des espèces introduites et de leurs hybrides. Parmi les territoires envahis, les AFLP et l’ADNmt soutiennent une homogénéité générale et une diversité génétique faible, qui sont interprétées comme le résultat d’un fort goulot d’étranglement précédant l’expansion à l’échelle mondiale. Une structure des populations en lien avec la géographie à large échelle (Nouvelle-Calédonie, Guadeloupe, Jamaïque) est cependant détectée. La variation de la forme du corps est également structurée à large échelle géographique, ce en dépit des fortes variations environnementales enregistrées à l’échelle locale. Cela suggère un effet des contraintes génétiques sur la diversification morphologique contemporaine. L’absence de parasites monogènes sur les populations introduites en Nouvelle-Calédonie peut être mise en relation avec un évènement fondateur, et est proposé comme l’un des facteurs ayant pu favoriser le succès de l’espèce. En conclusion, une faible diversité génétique ne contraint vraisemblablement pas un potentiel envahissant élevé et une diversification rapide chez les tilapias. / Biological invasions are recognized as a significant evolutionary factor over short time scales. In particular, their effect is well recorded on the genetic structure of populations, the patterns of phenotypic evolution and the richness of parasite fauna associated to invasive populations. This study aims at quantifying the consequences of a biological invasion according to these three levels (genetical, phenotypical and parasitological) taking as example the Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus. This African cichlid is characterized by an unusual conservation status since it is both (i) ranked among the world’s worst invasive species due to its global dispersion during the 20th century and (ii) sorted as “near-threatened” (IUCN) over its native range (a part of south-east Africa) because of massive hybridization with alien introduced Oreochromis species. The approach used in this study imply to describe the recent history of populations using nuclear (AFLP) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) markers, and then to compare this genetic background to results describing the morphological and parasitological diversity of populations. Two different biological systems were studied: 1) Within the native range, the study focuses on the Lower Limpopo and the Changane sub-drainage (Mozambique). Introgression patterns involving the three co-occurring species were detected, but the frequency of hybrid is low and their geographic expansion is limited. These results provided rather good auspices for the conservation of O. mossambicus, and they allowed to identify two zones of high conservation priorities. The parasitological survey reveals high parasite richness and low prevalences among sites of low conservation values. This last pattern could favour the success of alien introduced species and their hybrids. 2) Among the invasive range of O. mossambicus, both AFLP and mtDNA support a strong genetic homogeneity and a low genetic diversity, a pattern interpreted as resulting from a strong population bottleneck preceding the events of global dispersion. A pattern of population structure related to large scale geography (New Caledonia, Guadeloupe, Jamaica) is nevertheless detected. Body shape variation is also primarily structured at large geographical scale, suggesting a role for genetic constrains on contemporary morphological diversification. The total absence of monogenean parasites in the populations of New Caledonia could result from a founding event and is suggested as a potential factor that could have favoured the O. mossambicus’ success. In conclusion, a low genetic diversity does not likely constraint a strong invasive potential and a rapid phenotypic diversification in tilapias.

Esta dissertação tem por objetivo analisar a inserção da Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo, FAUUSP, no campo de arquitetura e urbanismo em São Paulo, por meio da contribuição de dois de seus principais fundadores, Luiz Inácio Romeiro de Anhaia Mello (1891-1974) e João Batista Vilanova Artigas (1915-1985). Ambos foram engenheiros arquitetos formados pela Escola Politécnica de São Paulo, embora de ge- rações diferentes. Em sua vida profissional, Anhaia Mello tornou-se um reconhecido urba- nista, defensor da institucionalização do planejamento urbano baseado no regional planning norte-americano, opondo-se ao que chamava de \"urbanismo de obras\". Artigas, seu aluno e assistente, tornou-se, posteriormente, um dos mais respeitados arquitetos ligados ao Movimento Moderno em São Paulo. Pretende-se verificar como as diferenças e convergên- cias de seus pensamentos, vinculados a matrizes intelectuais distintas, interferiram sobre a configuração da nova instituição de ensino, repercutindo sobre o debate mais amplo de consolidação do campo de arquitetura e urbanismo como esfera de atuação profissional em São Paulo. Para tal, recorreu-se a vasta consulta bibliográfica assim como análises de documentos do período estudado, o qual tem por marcos os anos de 1948, data de fundação da FAUUSP, e 1962, quando foi implementada uma reforma de ensino que consolidou a ideia de um único campo em que as escalas do objeto, do edifício e da cidade estavam submetidas à atividade de projeto. Nos anos 1940, fatores internos e externos à universidade levaram à demanda pela criação de uma escola de arquitetura independente da Escola Politécnica, com a consequente extinção do curso de engenheiros arquitetos lá ministrado desde 1894. Anhaia Mello, docente catedrático da escola desde 1926, foi designado para co- ordenar a criação dessa faculdade e convidou Artigas a participar desse processo. Apesar de importantes divergências no pensamento desses profissionais, seu encontro na FAUUSP não deixou transparecer um debate de ideias ou uma exposição de diferenças, sugerindo a continuidade entre arquitetura e urbanismo. A hipótese que defendemos é que, apesar das diferenças de perspectiva que envolviam as duas disciplinas, a reunião entre arquitetura e urbanismo em um mesmo campo na FAUUSP foi estratégica para ambas, visando a obtenção de autonomia face à engenharia e à Escola Politécnica, bem como a consolidação de certos princípios, de modo a favorecer determinadas visões tanto na arquitetura como no urbanismo. Desse modo, a formação de um único campo institucional na nova escola revelou na verdade uma arena de embates de múltiplos interesses, nem sempre convergentes para os objetivos de uma gama de atividades profissionais bastante diversas entre si. / This study aims to analyse the insertion of the Architecture and Urban Planning School in the University of São Paulo, FAUUSP, in the field of architecture and urban planning in São Paulo, through the contribution of two of its main founders, Luiz Inácio Romeiro de Anhaia Mello (1891-1974) and João Batista Vilanova Artigas (1915-1985). Both were architect engineers from de Polytechnic School of São Paulo, although they belonged to different generations. In his professional life, Anhaia Mello became an acknowledged urban planner, defending the institutionalization of this policy inspired on the north-ameri- can regional planning. Artigas was Anhaia Mello´s student and assistant and later became one of the most respected architects in the Modern Movement in São Paulo. It is intended to verify how the differences and convergences of their thoughts, linked to distinct intellec- tual references, interfered in the configuration of the new teaching institution, reflecting on the larger debate on the field of architecture and urban planning´s consolidation. To do so it was resorted to a vast bibliographical consultation and also to document analysis from the studied period which has as milestones the years of 1948, year of the establishment of FAUUSP, and 1962, when an education reform was implemented as to consolidate the idea of one field where the scales of the object, building and city were subordinated to the project activity. Around 1940, internal and external factors to the university lead to a demand for the creation of an architecture school independent from the Polytechnic School, with the cor- respondent extinction of the course of architect engineers that existed since 1894. Anhaia Mello, one of the main teachers of the Polytechnic School since 1926, was designated to coordinate the founding of the new school and invited Artigas to participate on this process. Despite the different ideas of these two professionals, their meeting at FAUUSP did not expose a debate or displayed the divergences, suggesting a continuity among architecture and urbanism. The intended hypothesis to defend is that, despite the different perspectives around both disciplines, the reunion of architecture and urbanism at FAUUSP was part of a strategy for both fields willing to obtain autonomy from engineering and the Polytechnic School and the consolidation of certain principles, in order to benefit specific visions of architecture and urbanism. Therefore, the constitution of only one institutional field at the new school actually revealed an arena of multiple interests, not always convergent to the goals of a range of professional activities very different from each other.

Esta dissertação tem por objetivo analisar a inserção da Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo, FAUUSP, no campo de arquitetura e urbanismo em São Paulo, por meio da contribuição de dois de seus principais fundadores, Luiz Inácio Romeiro de Anhaia Mello (1891-1974) e João Batista Vilanova Artigas (1915-1985). Ambos foram engenheiros arquitetos formados pela Escola Politécnica de São Paulo, embora de ge- rações diferentes. Em sua vida profissional, Anhaia Mello tornou-se um reconhecido urba- nista, defensor da institucionalização do planejamento urbano baseado no regional planning norte-americano, opondo-se ao que chamava de \"urbanismo de obras\". Artigas, seu aluno e assistente, tornou-se, posteriormente, um dos mais respeitados arquitetos ligados ao Movimento Moderno em São Paulo. Pretende-se verificar como as diferenças e convergên- cias de seus pensamentos, vinculados a matrizes intelectuais distintas, interferiram sobre a configuração da nova instituição de ensino, repercutindo sobre o debate mais amplo de consolidação do campo de arquitetura e urbanismo como esfera de atuação profissional em São Paulo. Para tal, recorreu-se a vasta consulta bibliográfica assim como análises de documentos do período estudado, o qual tem por marcos os anos de 1948, data de fundação da FAUUSP, e 1962, quando foi implementada uma reforma de ensino que consolidou a ideia de um único campo em que as escalas do objeto, do edifício e da cidade estavam submetidas à atividade de projeto. Nos anos 1940, fatores internos e externos à universidade levaram à demanda pela criação de uma escola de arquitetura independente da Escola Politécnica, com a consequente extinção do curso de engenheiros arquitetos lá ministrado desde 1894. Anhaia Mello, docente catedrático da escola desde 1926, foi designado para co- ordenar a criação dessa faculdade e convidou Artigas a participar desse processo. Apesar de importantes divergências no pensamento desses profissionais, seu encontro na FAUUSP não deixou transparecer um debate de ideias ou uma exposição de diferenças, sugerindo a continuidade entre arquitetura e urbanismo. A hipótese que defendemos é que, apesar das diferenças de perspectiva que envolviam as duas disciplinas, a reunião entre arquitetura e urbanismo em um mesmo campo na FAUUSP foi estratégica para ambas, visando a obtenção de autonomia face à engenharia e à Escola Politécnica, bem como a consolidação de certos princípios, de modo a favorecer determinadas visões tanto na arquitetura como no urbanismo. Desse modo, a formação de um único campo institucional na nova escola revelou na verdade uma arena de embates de múltiplos interesses, nem sempre convergentes para os objetivos de uma gama de atividades profissionais bastante diversas entre si. / This study aims to analyse the insertion of the Architecture and Urban Planning School in the University of São Paulo, FAUUSP, in the field of architecture and urban planning in São Paulo, through the contribution of two of its main founders, Luiz Inácio Romeiro de Anhaia Mello (1891-1974) and João Batista Vilanova Artigas (1915-1985). Both were architect engineers from de Polytechnic School of São Paulo, although they belonged to different generations. In his professional life, Anhaia Mello became an acknowledged urban planner, defending the institutionalization of this policy inspired on the north-ameri- can regional planning. Artigas was Anhaia Mello´s student and assistant and later became one of the most respected architects in the Modern Movement in São Paulo. It is intended to verify how the differences and convergences of their thoughts, linked to distinct intellec- tual references, interfered in the configuration of the new teaching institution, reflecting on the larger debate on the field of architecture and urban planning´s consolidation. To do so it was resorted to a vast bibliographical consultation and also to document analysis from the studied period which has as milestones the years of 1948, year of the establishment of FAUUSP, and 1962, when an education reform was implemented as to consolidate the idea of one field where the scales of the object, building and city were subordinated to the project activity. Around 1940, internal and external factors to the university lead to a demand for the creation of an architecture school independent from the Polytechnic School, with the cor- respondent extinction of the course of architect engineers that existed since 1894. Anhaia Mello, one of the main teachers of the Polytechnic School since 1926, was designated to coordinate the founding of the new school and invited Artigas to participate on this process. Despite the different ideas of these two professionals, their meeting at FAUUSP did not expose a debate or displayed the divergences, suggesting a continuity among architecture and urbanism. The intended hypothesis to defend is that, despite the different perspectives around both disciplines, the reunion of architecture and urbanism at FAUUSP was part of a strategy for both fields willing to obtain autonomy from engineering and the Polytechnic School and the consolidation of certain principles, in order to benefit specific visions of architecture and urbanism. Therefore, the constitution of only one institutional field at the new school actually revealed an arena of multiple interests, not always convergent to the goals of a range of professional activities very different from each other.

Géographe picaresque à cheval sur les côtes atlantique et pacifique, Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Junior signe une œuvre orientée vers l’origine défectueuse et la trajectoire entropique du continent américain, sept générations après la grande migration puritaine à laquelle son ancêtre William fut l’un des premiers à participer. L’enjeu de cette thèse est de revenir sur la façon dont le roman pynchonien cherche à circonscrire les figures de cette latence de la grande faute américaine, un « vice caché, » puisque tel est le titre de son avant-dernier roman, pour retrouver la prairie perdue et composer un contre-espace au sein de la fiction. Ouverte à toutes les modulations historiques, la notion de fantasmagorie occupe une œuvre où le flâneur, dans un dernier geste de résistance politique, est mené à déchiffrer la crise d’une surface surcodée par la déformation optique et les reflets trompeurs de la ville. En traversant les reflets de cette cité sur la colline, Pynchon met à jour une stratigraphie de l’Amérique, une géologie de la faute, où les lignes de faille et brèches dialoguent avec les mythes fondateurs et achèvent de fracturer la géographie idéalisée du continent, signalant la nature défectueuse de son espace mais aussi de son temps, traversé par la crise. Face à l’insuffisance des récits fondateurs et aux spasmes de l’Histoire, l’écriture pynchonienne réagit en s’enroulant autour de nouvelles modalités narratives, pour faire émerger, entre les lignes, les bifurcations et les incertitudes d’un récit historique écrit au « Subjonctif. » / As a picaresque cartographer standing astride the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. stresses the flawed origin and entropic trajectory of the American continent, seven generations after the great Puritan migration to which his forebear William participated. This dissertation aims to recast the way his work defines these latent figures of the American fault, an “inherent vice,” for such is the title of his penultimate novel, in order to recover the lost prairie of the past and recompose an idealized counter-space within the realm of fiction. This work will consider how the notion of phantasmagoria inhabits a cityscape overcoded by optical devices and deceitful distortions that can only be resisted by the flâneur’s politics of loitering. By exposing the dreamworld of this city upon a hill, Pynchon delves into the depths of the continent and starts a stratigraphic study of America: geological fault-lines engage in a dialogue with deficient founding myths and fracture the revered geography of the continent, signaling the defective nature of its space but also of its time, permeated by the cracks of the crisis. To face the failure of founding narratives and the spasms of History, Pynchon’s work unfolds new modalities that, while not essential to narrative, disrupt reading procedures and suffuse his historical novels with the forking paths and counterfactuals of the “Subjunctive” form.

This thesis reviews the circumstances that led to what Paul Renner called “the inflation of historicism,” places his response to that problem in the context of the Weimar Republic, details how the German attributes with which he began the project were displaced from the typeface that emerged in 1927, demonstrates that Futura belongs to a new category of serif-less roman fonts rooted in Arts and Crafts lettering, and considers why the specifically German aspects of the project have gone unrecognized for over seventy years. Renner’s writing is compared to ideas prevalent in early twentieth-century German cultural discourse, and Futura’s design process is placed in the context of Renner’s personal experience of Weimar’s social and economic crises. Objective measurements are employed to establish the relationship between drawings attributed to Renner and are used to compare features of Futura with other fonts of the period.

This thesis reviews the circumstances that led to what Paul Renner called “the inflation of historicism,” places his response to that problem in the context of the Weimar Republic, details how the German attributes with which he began the project were displaced from the typeface that emerged in 1927, demonstrates that Futura belongs to a new category of serif-less roman fonts rooted in Arts and Crafts lettering, and considers why the specifically German aspects of the project have gone unrecognized for over seventy years. Renner’s writing is compared to ideas prevalent in early twentieth-century German cultural discourse, and Futura’s design process is placed in the context of Renner’s personal experience of Weimar’s social and economic crises. Objective measurements are employed to establish the relationship between drawings attributed to Renner and are used to compare features of Futura with other fonts of the period.

As a classical scholar and prominent founding father, James Wilson was at once statesman, judge, and political thinker, who read Cicero as an example worthy of emulation and as a philosopher whose theory could be applied to his own age. Classical reception studies have focused on questions of liberty, civic virtue, and constitutionalism in the American founding, and historians have also noted Wilson’s importance in American history and thought. Wilson’s direct engagement with Cicero’s works, however, and their significance in the formulation of his own philosophy has been long overlooked. My thesis argues that Wilson’s viewpoint was largely based on his readings of Cicero and can only be properly understood within this context. In the first two chapters of my thesis I demonstrate that Wilson not only possessed a wide-ranging knowledge of the classics in general, but also that he borrowed from Cicero’s writings and directly engaged with the texts themselves. Building upon this foundation, chapters three and four examine Cicero’s perspective on popular sovereignty and civic virtue, situate Wilson’s interpretations within contemporary discussions of Roman politics, and analyse the main ways in which he adapts Cicero’s arguments to his own era. Wilson retains a broader faith in the common people than seen in Cicero’s opinions, and he abstracts from Cicero a doctrine of sovereignty as an indivisible principle that is absent in the text; nevertheless, Cicero’s conception of a legitimate state and his insistence on the role of the people provided the foundation for Wilson’s thought and ultimately for his legitimization of the American Revolution. At the same time, like Cicero, Wilson views the stability of the state as resting in the personal virtue of the individual. While his enlightenment philosophy imparts optimism to his conception of the good citizen, his definition of virtue closely follows that of Cicero. As the final chapter of my thesis concludes, their individual interpretations of these theories of popular consent and virtue were instrumental in forming Cicero’s and Wilson’s justifications of civil disobedience.