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  • On Augustine

    The Two Cities

    par Alan Ryan ...
    Collections series Liveright Classics
    No philosopher speaks more immediately to the excesses of our twenty-first-century world and the limits of human reason than Augustine.It would be almost impossible to exaggerate the influence of Augustine—the once-hedonistic pagan turned ascetic theologian and defender of the early Christian Church—over all the subsequent history of Europe. Augustine ’s political philosophy is pregnant with ... En savoir plus

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  • On Marx

    Revolutionary and Utopian

    par Alan Ryan ...
    Collections series Liveright Classics
    A lucid introduction to the philosophical complexities and the practical limits of the political thought of Karl Marx.When Karl Marx was buried at Highgate Cemetery in North London in 1883, his longtime friend and collaborator, Friedrich Engels, remarked that he was "above all a revolutionary." For Marx, the struggle to accurately describe or interpret the world in rational terms was not enough; ... En savoir plus

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  • On Hobbes

    Escaping the War of All Against All

    par Alan Ryan ...
    Collections series Liveright Classics
    A guiding light to America’s Founding Fathers, Hobbes created the first truly modern political philosophy.In Leviathan, one of the greatest works of political philosophy of all time, English philosopher Thomas Hobbes created the idea of a “social contract” and set out to explicate a doctrine for the foundation of states and legitimate forms of government. In On Hobbes, Alan Ryan explains how ... En savoir plus

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  • On Machiavelli

    The Search for Glory

    par Alan Ryan ...
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    An essential, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the life and works of Machiavelli.In On Machiavelli: The Search for Glory, Alan Ryan illuminates the political and philosophical complexities of the often-reviled godfather of realpolitik. Thought by some to be the founder of Italian nationalism, regarded by others to be a reviver of the Roman Republic as a model for the modern Western world, ... En savoir plus

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  • On Tocqueville

    Democracy and America

    par Alan Ryan ...
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    Tocqueville’s gifts as an observer and commentator on American life and democracy are brought to vivid life in this splendid volume.In On Tocqueville, Alan Ryan brilliantly illuminates the observations of the French sociologist Alexis de Tocqueville, who first journeyed to the United States in 1831 and went on to catalog the unique features of the American social contract in his two-volume ... En savoir plus

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  • On Aristotle

    Saving Politics from Philosophy

    par Alan Ryan ...
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    An essential, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the life and works of Aristotle.In On Aristotle: Saving Politics from Philosophy, Alan Ryan examines Plato's most famous student and sharpest critic, whose writing has helped shape over two millennia of Western philosophy, science, and religion. The first thinker to posit that a society should be ruled by laws and not men, Aristotle was born in ... En savoir plus

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  • Leviathan

    par Thomas Hobbes ...
    Collections series Oxford World's Classics
    He that is to govern a whole nation, must read in himself, not this, or that particular man; but mankind. Leviathan is both a magnificent literary achievement and the greatest work of political philosophy in the English language. Permanently challenging, it has found new applications and new refutations in every generation. Hobbes argues that human beings are first and foremost concerned with ... En savoir plus

    $5.99 CAD

  • On Liberty (Mobi Classics)

    On Liberty is a philosophical work by 19th century English philosopher John Stuart Mill, first published in 1859. To the Victorian readers of the time it was a radical work, advocating moral and economic freedom of individuals from the state.Perhaps the most memorable point made by Mill in this work, and his basis for liberty, is that "Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is ... En savoir plus

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  • Documents of the Christian Church

    Modifié par Henry Bettenson, Chris Maunder ...
    This selection of writings from the most important moments in the history of Christianity has become established as a classic reference work, providing insights into 2000 years of Christian theological and political debate. While retaining the original material selected by Henry Bettenson, Chris Maunder has added a substantial section of more recent writings. These illustrate the Second Vatican ... En savoir plus

    $30.99 CAD

  • Hobbes: On the Citizen

    par Thomas Hobbes ...
    Collections series Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
    De Cive (On the Citizen) is the first full exposition of the political thought of Thomas Hobbes, the greatest English political philosopher of all time. Professors Tuck and Silverthorne have undertaken the first complete translation since 1651, a rendition long thought (in error) to be at least sanctioned by Hobbes himself. On the Citizen is written in a clear, straightforward, expository style, ... En savoir plus

    $38.99 CAD

  • Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration

    par John Locke ...
    Collections series Oxford World's Classics
    'Man being born...to perfect freedom...hath by nature a power...to preserve his property, that is, his life, liberty and estate.' Locke's Second Treatise of Government (1689) is one of the great classics of political philosophy, widely regarded as the foundational text of modern liberalism. In it Locke insists on majority rule, and regards no government as legitimate unless it has the consent of ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD

  • Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration

    Among the most influential writings in the history of Western political thought, John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration remain vital to political debates today, more than three centuries after they were written. The complete texts appear in this volume, accompanied by interpretive essays by three prominent Locke scholars.Ian Shapiro’s introduction places Locke ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD