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9780198249511: A Guide to the Political Classics: Plato to Rousseau

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This work aims to make the classic writings of Western political philosophy accessible to the modern reader. It provides an introduction to some of the greatest works of political thought concentrating on an analysis of each text and not the life and times of the writers concerned.

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These essays are designed for students of political philosophy who are approaching the great texts of the past for the first time. Intended to help students find their way into the texts and get the most from them, while encouraging further exploration, the essays offer selective interpretation of setting, form, and content in clear, straightforward language. Texts discussed are Plato's Republic, Aristotle's Politics, Augustine's City of God, Machiavelli's Prince and Discourses, Hobbes's Leviathan, Locke's Second Treatise of Government, and Rousseau's Social Contract.

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9780198249504: A Guide to the Political Classics: Plato to Rousseau

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ISBN 10:  0198249500 ISBN 13:  9780198249504
Editorial: Oxford University Press, 1988
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