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9780198249511: A Guide to the Political Classics: Plato to Rousseau
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ISBN 10: 0198249519 ISBN 13: 9780198249511
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1988

Synopsis

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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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
1988
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198249519
ISBN 13 
9780198249511
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
216
Editor
Forsyth Murray, Keens-Soper Maurice
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