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William of Ockham: 'A Letter to the Friars Minor' and Other Writings
More than any other single thinker, William of Ockham (c.1285–1347) is responsible for the widely held modern assumption that religious and secular-political institutions should …
Austin: The Province of Jurisprudence Determined
The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832) is a classic of nineteenth-century English jurisprudence, a subject on which Austin had a profound impact. His book is primarily …
Ferguson: An Essay on the History of Civil Society
Adam Ferguson’s Essay on the History of Civil Society (first published in 1767) is a classic of the Scottish - and European - Enlightenment. Drawing on such diverse sources as …
Pufendorf: On the Duty of Man and Citizen according to Natural Law
On the Duty of Man and Citizen (1673) is Pufendorf’s succinct and condensed presentation of the natural law political theory he developed in his monumental classic On the Law of …
William of Ockham: A Short Discourse on Tyrannical Government
William of Ockham (c. 1285–c. 1347) was the most eminent and influential theologian and philosopher of his day, a giant in the history of political thought. He was a Franciscan …
Malthus: 'An Essay on the Principle of Population'
This 1992 volume makes available to a student audience one of the most controversial and misunderstood works published during the last two hundred years. Malthus' Essay on the …
Fénelon: Telemachus
Fénelon's Telemachus (1699) is, alongside Bossuet's Politics, the most important work of political theory of the grand siècle in France. It was also the most widely read work of …
Price: Political Writings
Richard Price (1723-1791) was an eminent Welsh philosopher and Dissenting Minister. His political pamphlets won him considerable fame in the eighteenth century as a supporter of …
Vitoria: Political Writings
Francisco Vitoria was the earliest and arguably the most important of the Thomist political philosophers of the Counter-Reformation. Not only did he write important essays on civil …
Locke: Political Essays
We know more about the development of John Locke’s ideas than we do about almost any other philosopher’s before modern times. This book brings together for the first time a …
The Book of the Body Politic
Christine de Pizan was born in Venice and raised in Paris at the court of Charles V of France. Widowed at the age of twenty-five, she turned to writing as a source of comfort and …
Franklin: The Autobiography and Other Writings on Politics, Economics, and Virtue
Benjamin Franklin is one of the best known and most widely admired figures in American history. His wit and charm make him endearing; his practical intelligence and commitment to …