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Locke: Two Treatises of Government by John Locke; Peter Laslett (Editor); Quentin Skinner (Contribution by); Raymond Geuss (Contribution by)
Category: Reference | Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought Ser.
Peter Laslett's acclaimed Two Treatises of Government, widely recognised as a classic text in the history of ideas.
MACHIAVELLI A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION by SKINNER QUENTIN
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Niccolo Machiavelli taught that political leaders must be prepared to do evil so that good may come of it, and his name has been a byword ever since for duplicity and immorality. Is his sinister reputation deserved? In answering this question Quentin Skinner traces the course of Machiavelli'sadult life, ...Show more
Maistre - Considerations on France by Isaiah Berlin (Introduction by); Joseph Marie Comte De Maistre; Richard A. Lebrun (Editor); Raymond Geuss (Contribution by); Quentin Skinner (Contribution by)
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought Ser.
Joseph de Maistre's Considerations on France (1797) is the best known French equivalent of Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France. The work of the self-exiled Maistre presents a providential interpretation of the French Revolution and argues for a new alliance of throne and altar under a restor ...Show more
The City of God Against the Pagans by R. W. Dyson (Editor); Saint Augustine; Raymond Geuss (Contribution by); Quentin. Skinner (Contribution by)
Category: Religion | Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought Ser.
This is the first new rendition for a generation of The City of God, the first major intellectual achievement of Latin Christianity and one of the classic texts of Western civilization. Robert Dyson has produced a complete, accurate, authoritative and fluent translation of De Civitate Dei, edited togeth ...Show more
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