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Examples of tyrannicide
tyrannicide
But is tyrannicide morally justifiable?
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With the Renaissance, tyrannicide-or assassination for personal or political reasons-became more common again in Western Europe.
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In addition, sociologists have posited a complex legal and ethical interrelationship between vigilante acts and rebellion and tyrannicide.
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He has often been paralleled to Harmodius and Aristogeiton, two ancient Athenians, known for the tyrannicide of the Athenian tyrant Hipparchus.
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Some believe that the name came from the name of the JesuitJuan de Mariana, the 16th century Monarchomach, a theoretician of tyrannicide.
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Opposed to absolute monarchy, the Huguenots Monarchomachs theorized during this time the right of rebellion and the legitimacy of tyrannicide.
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He was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen claiming only to commit tyrannicide, although later research has revealed more personal motives.
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Questions such as the scope and limits of government and the permissibility of tyrannicide were seen in legal terms and discussed by writers whose primary training was in law.
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The statue group has been seen, in modern times, as an invitation to identify erotically and politically with the figures, and to become oneself a tyrannicide.
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- Killing a tyrant
- Tyrannicide was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
- Harmodius (Greek: u1F09u03C1u03BCu03CCu03B4u03B9u03BFu03C2, Harmu00F3dios) and Aristogeiton (u1F08u03C1u03B9u03C3u03C4u03BFu03B3u03B5u03AFu03C4u03C9u03BD, Aristogeu00EDton; both died 514 BC) were two men from ancient Athens. They became known as the Tyrannicides (u03C4u03C5u03C1u03B1u03BDu03BDu03BFu03BAu03C4u03CCu03BDu03BFu03B9, tyrannoktonoi) after they killed the Peisistratid tyrant Hipparchus, and were the preeminent symbol of democracy to ancient Athenians.
