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Avon Book Division - The Hearst Corporation Previous Owner Markings; Repaired; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers Spine; Front, Rear Covers Lightly Chipped; Spine Moderately Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. A comprehensive volume that brings together the crucial ideas in political philosophy: Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Cicero, Machiavelli, Aquinas, Harrington, Montesquieu, Calvin, Hobbes, Locke, Luther. SUB-TITLE: From Plato and Aristotle to Locke and Montesquieu. BOOK NUMBER: V-2036. ALSO KNOWN AS: Extracts from Seneca's writings taken from The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca by Moses Hadas. Copyright 1958 by Moses Hadas. Reprinted by permission of Doubleday & Company, Inc. Extracts from Aquinas' writings taken from The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas by Dino Bigongiari. Copyright 1953 by Hafner Publishing Company. Reprinted by permission of Hafner Publishing Company, Inc. Extracts from Augustine's writings taken from The City of God, translated by Marcus Dods. Copyright 1950 by Random House, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc. Extracts from Spinoza's writings taken from Writings on Political Philosophy, edited by A. G. A. Balz. Copyright 1937 by D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc. Reprinted by permission of G. Bell & Sons. Extracts from Montesquieu's writings taken from The Spirit of the Laws, translated by Thomas Nugent. Copyright 1949 by Hafner Publishing Company. Reprinted by permission of Hafner Publishing Company, Inc. Extracts from John of Salisbury's writings taken from The Statesman's Book. Copyright 1927 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Extracts from Fortescue's writings taken from De Laudibus. Copyright 1942 by Cambridge University Press. Reprinted by permission of Cambridge University Press. Extracts from Luther's writings taken from The Works of Luther. Copyright 1930 by A. J. Holman Company. Reprinted by permission of United Lutheran Publishing House. Extracts from the works of Vico and Dante taken from The New Science and De Monarchia and translated specially for Avon Books. Copyright 1961 by Avon Book Division, The Hearst Corporation. CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction; Section I: The Greeks; Section II: Hellenism and Roman Stoicism; Section III: Rome; Section IV: Early Christianity; Section V: Medieval Life and Thought; Section VI: The Two Realms: the Last Phase; Section VII: The Renaissance; Section VIII: The Reformation; Section IX: The Right of Resistance; Section X: Sovereignty and Divine Right; Section XI: Hobbes and Spinoza; Section XII: The Development of Constitutionalism; Section XIII: Vico and Hume; Section XIV: French Thought in the Late 17th and 18th Centuries; Selected Bibliography; Index. SYNOPSIS: As an introduction to political theory and science, this collection of writings by the greatest philosophers in the history of Western civilization, from Plato to Montesquieu, will be of close interest to general readers. It also forms a basic textbook for students of government and political theory. A second volume will include the writings of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and twentieth- century authors - Rousseau and Burke to the present day. Such fundamental concepts as Democracy, the Rule of Law, Justice, Natural Rights, Sovereignty, Citizenship, Power, the State, Revolution, Liberty, Reason, Materialism, Toleration and the Place of Religion in Society are traced from their origins, through their development and changing patterns, to show how they serve as a guide to our political thinking and institutions today. Professor Curtis contributes a lively introduction to the volume and a running commentary that explains the significance of each tract of major political thought.. Mass Market Paperback. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.