"Well conceived and written. A commendable focus on selected texts and the bibliography is very useful."
-- Noel B. Reynolds, Brigham Young University
University of Oxford Press Web Site, May, 2000
Summary
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.
