This book introduces readers to analytical interpretation of
seminal writings and thinkers in the history of political thought,
including Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Bible, Thomas Aquinas,
Machiavelli, Bacon, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau,
Tocqueville, Marx, and Nietzsche. Chronologically arranged, each
chapter in the book is devoted to the work of a single thinker. The
selected texts together engage with 2000 years of debate on
fundamental questions, which include: What is the purpose of
political life? What is the good life, for us as individuals, and
for us as a political community? What is justice? What is a right?
Do human beings have rights? What kinds of human virtues are there
and which regimes best promote them? The difficulty of accessing
the texts included in this volume is the result not only of their
subtlety but also of the dramatic change in everyday life. The
authors shed light on the texts' vocabulary and complexities of
thought and help students understand and weigh the various
interpretations of each philosopher's thought. Accessible
interpretive essays on the greatest texts in the history of
political thought, from Plato to Nietzsche. Includes key passage
plus a succinct discussion that glosses the text, examines
later-day interpretations, and guides students in forming their own
interpretations. Allows students to learn from, rather than only
about, each thinker, and to apply their thought to the present
day."
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