LogosUsing logic to persuade people? We bet you never saw that coming.Madison's arguments lean almost entirely on a coherent, logical argument to analyze the issues it brings up. He's trying to bri...

EssayOkay, the Federalist Papers were known as a series of essays, so identifying their structure is easy-peasy lemon breezy. But what about their structure makes them essays? Well, both Federalist...

PersuasiveJames Madison is all about convincing you that this Government is the Grade A+, top-of-the-line, primo, absolutely, positively bestest. Both articles bring up a problem that their Governm...

So these two essays are named according to which number in the series they are. Simple enough, right? Not so fast. Each essay also has a longer, more descriptive title to go along with it…because...

Federalist 10 AMONG the numerous advantages promised by a well constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction. The f...

Federalist 10In the extent and proper structure of the Union, therefore, we behold a republican remedy for the diseases most incident to republican government. And according to the degree of pleasu...

(4) Base CampBoth essays are written in 18th Century-style English, which might make them look a bit hard to digest.But, armed with the kind of patience it takes to get through another old block of...

In-Text ReferencesHistorical and Political References"The Union," a.k.a the United States (throughout)Factions (throughout)The Constitution (10.11, 10.19, 51.1, 51.5)References to This TextHistoric...

There were initially only supposed to be 25 Federalist Papers, but John Jay ended up writing 5, James Madison wrote 29, and Alexander Hamilton wrote a whopping 51 essays. We'd need to have ten time...