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  • A History of Political Theories - Ancient and Medieval

    by William Dunning ...
    A HISTORY of political theories must begin with the thought of that brilliant aggregation of Mediterranean peoples whose astonishing development in intellectual culture, twenty-three centuries in the past, is still the wonder and despair of civilized man. Probably in no field save that of art are Greek ideals more highly appreciated at the present day than in political theory. This is in some ... Read more

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  • A History of Political Theories

    by William Dunning ...
    A HISTORY of political theories must begin with the thought of that brilliant aggregation of Mediterranean peoples whose astonishing development in intellectual culture, twenty-three centuries in the past, is still the wonder and despair of civilized man. Probably in no field save that of art are Greek ideals more highly appreciated at the present day than in political theory. This is in some ... Read more

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  • Of The Social Contract and Other Political Writings

    by Jean-Jacques Rousseau ...
    Translated by Quintin Hoare ...
    'Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains.'These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has stirred vigorous debate ever since its first publication in 1762. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority over others, Rousseau argues instead for a pact, or 'social contract', that should exist between all the citizens of a state and that should be the source ... Read more

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  • The Social Contract

    by Jean Jacques Rousseau ...
    For the study of the great writers and thinkers of the past, historical imagination is the first necessity. Without mentally referring to the environment in which they lived, we cannot hope to penetrate below the inessential and temporary to the absolute and permanent value of their thought. Theory, no less than action, is subject to these necessities; the form in which men cast their speculations ... Read more

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  • Social Contract

    by Jean Jacques Rousseau ...
    In Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Discourses on the Origin of Inequality, he outlines his own history of the development of human society. He explains in general terms how the differences between social and economic classes arose alongside the formation of modern states. He also explores the means by which these inequalities were actually built into and perpetuated by the foundational notions of modern ... Read more

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  • A Reference Guide to Stoicism

    A Compilation of the Principle Stoic Writings on Various Topics

    by John L. Bowman ...
    Stoicism is a 2,300 year-old Greek and Roman philosophy that addressed human happiness. This book is a compendium of principal Stoic philosophers Cicero, Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius writings arranged by topic. On escape Seneca wrote whatever your destination you will be followed by your failings; on death Marcus Aurelius advised be content with your allocation of time; on happiness ... Read more

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  • The Social Contract

    by Jean-Jaques Rousseau, Tom Griffith ...
    Series series Classics of World Literature
    With an Introduction by Derek Matravers.In The Social Contract Rousseau (1712-1778) argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society. An individual can only be free under the law, he says, by voluntarily embracing that law as his own. Hence, being free in society requires each of us to subjugate our desires to the interests of all, the general will.Some have seen in this the ... Read more

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  • The Major Political Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    The Two Discourses and the Social Contract

    by Jean-Jacques Rousseau ...
    This "fresh new rendition of Rousseau's major political writings is a boon for scholars and students alike"—with a critical introduction by the translator (Richard Boyd, Georgetown University).Individualist and communitarian. Anarchist and totalitarian. Progressive and reactionary. Since the eighteenth century, Jean-Jacques Rousseau has been called all of these things. Few philosophers have been ... Read more

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  • The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War

    by Donald Kagan ...
    "Kagan's book is a contribution of considerable distinction, scrupulously fair, carefully argued, and lucidly written. And, what is more, it is persuasive.... Kagan sets out the story in detail and with acumen. The case has been adumbrated before―but never presented with such thoroughness."―Journal of Interdisciplinary HistoryThe first volume of Donald Kagan's acclaimed four-volume history of the ... Read more

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  • Lectures in the History of Political Thought

    by Michael Oakeshott ...
    Series Book 1 - Michael Oakeshott Selected Writings
    Oakeshott's memorable lectures on the history of political thought, delivered each year at the London School of Economics, will now be available in print for the first time as Volume II of his Selected Writings. Based on manuscripts in the LSE archive for 1966-67, the last year of Oakeshott's tenure as Professor of Political Science, these thirty lectures deal with Greek, Roman, mediaeval, and ... Read more

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  • Discourse on Political Economy and The Social Contract

    by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Christopher Betts ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for ... Read more

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  • Roman Law in Medieval Europe

    by Paul Vinogradoff ...
    Within the whole range of history there is no more momentous and puzzling problem than that connected with the fate of Roman Law after the downfall of the Roman State. How is it that a system shaped to meet certain historical conditions not only survived those conditions, hut has retained its vitality even to the present day, when political and social surroundings are entirely altered? Why is it ... Read more

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