Internet ArchiveThese foundational works span more than two millennia, from antiquity with each of the selected works contributing to the overall development of Political Theory and Philosophy. With a critical reading of these titles -- some informative and inspiring, some disconcerting, perhaps disagreeable. The views expressed run the political gamut, with a dose of religiosity thrown in. The path through these important work ultimately leads to a more comprehensive understanding of the development and evolution of the Political theories that inform our contemporary views and perspectives.
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GREEK & ROMAN
THE REPUBLIC
Plato (427 - 347, B.C.E.) (biography)
Project Gutenberg, trans. By Benjamin Jowett
THE ATHENIAN CONSTITUTION
Aristotle (384 - 322, B.C.E) (biography)
Project Gutenberg, Trans. By Frederick Kenyon
THE REPUBLIC OF CICERO
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 - 43, B.C.E.) (biography)
Gutenberg Project, Trans. By George William Featherstonhaugh
MIDDLE AGES
CITY OF GOD, 2 Vols.
Aurelius Augustine, (354-430) (biography)
Vol. 1: Project Gutenberg, Trans. Marcus Dods, 1871.
Vol. 2: Project Gutenberg, Trans. Marcus Dods, 1871.
SUMMA THEOLOGICA, Parts I - II
Saint Thomas Aquinas (1224/6—1274) (biography),
Project Gutenberg, Trans. by English Dominican Province. Prepared for e-format by Sandra K. Perry
THE PRINCE
Niccolo Machiavelli (1492-1527) (biography).
Project Gutenberg, Trans. By W.K. Marriott.
Library Stacks, Trans. by Peter Bondanella and Mark Musa. JC 143.M38 1984
DISCOURSES ON THE FIRST DECADE OF TITUS LIVIUS
Niccolo Machiavelli (1492-1527) (biography).
Project Gutenberg, Trans. By Ninian Hill Thomson.
LEVIATAN. 1651
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) (biography)
THE ENLIGHTENMENT
SECOND TREATISE OF GOVERNMENT, 1768
John Locke (1632-1704) (biography)
Library Stacks JC153 .L85 1952
The SPIRIT OF LAWS, in 2 Vols.
Charles -Louis de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) (biography)
Vol 1. Internet Archive. Trans by Thomas Nugent
Vol. 2. Internet Archive. Trans by Thomas Nugent
THE SOCIAL CONTRACT : DISCOURSES. 1768
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) (biography)
A DISCOURSE UPON THE ORIGIN AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE INEQUALITY AMONG MANKIND.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) (biography)
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REFLECTIONS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Edmund Burke (1729-1797). (biography)
Library Stacks: DC150.B852
COMMON SENSE
Thomas Paine (1737-1809) (biography)
The RIGHTS OF MAN
Thomas Paine (1737-1809) (biography)
A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) (biography)
Library Stacks: HQ1596 .W6 1971
THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY
An INTRODUCTION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALS AND LEGISLATION
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) (biography)
ON LIBERTY
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) (biography)
Library Stacks: JC585 .M6 1947
The MANIFESTO Of The COMMUNIST PARTY
Karl Marx (biography) & Frederick Engels. (biography)
Library Stacks: HX276 .M3 1973
CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) (biography)
Library Stacks, Trans. and edited by James Strachey. BF173 .F682 1962
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA, in 2 Vols., 1840.
Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859). (biography)
Vol. 1, Hathi Trust Digital Library. Trans. By Henry Reeve.
Vol.2, Hathi Trust Digital Library. Trans. By Henry Reeve.
MARXISM, FREEDOM, AND THE STATE
Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1876) (biography)
GOD AND THE STATE
Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1876) (biography)
Library Stacks: HX833.B313
The CONQUEST OF BREAD
Peter Kropotkin (1842-1921) (biography)
Library Stacks: HX630.K763
MEMOIRS OF A REVOLUTIONIST
Peter Kropotkin (1842-1921) (biography)
Library Stacks: HX915.K92 1971
TWENTIETH CENTURY
IMPERIALISM: The HIGHEST FORM OF CAPITALISM
V.I. Lenin (1870-1924) (biography)
Library Stacks: HB501.L382
The WRETCHED OF THE EARTH
Frantz Fanon () (biography)
Library Stacks: DT33.F313 1968
The HUMAN CONDITION
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) (biography)
Library Stacks: HM211.A7 1998
Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) (biography)
Library Stacks: HQ1208.B352 1971
A THEORY OF JUSTICE. 1971
John Rawls (1921-2002) (biography)
Library Stacks: JC578 .R38 2005
ANARCHY, STATE, and UTOPIA
Robert Nozick (1938-2002) (biography)
Library Stacks: JC571.N68