Descript |
1 online resource (xi, 282 p.) ill. |
Contents |
Preface -- Why political philosophy? -- Antigone and the politics of conflict -- Socrates and the examined life -- Plato on justice and the human good -- Aristotle's science of regime politics -- The politics of the Bible -- Machiavelli and the art of political founding -- Hobbes's new science of politics -- Locke and the art of constitutional government -- Rousseau on civilization and its discontents -- Tocqueville and the dilemmas of democracy -- In defense of patriotism. |
Note |
Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU |
ISBN |
0300189133 (e-book) |
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9780300189131 (e-book) |
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9780300181807 (pbk.) |
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0300181809 (pbk.) |
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