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Introduction to Political Philosophy (PLSC 114)
Steven B. Smith, Yale University
The classic texts of political philosophy: Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Tocqueville.
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- Plato, RepublicText ↗
- Aristotle, PoliticsText ↗
- Machiavelli, The PrinceText ↗
- Hobbes, LeviathanText ↗
- Locke, Second Treatise of GovernmentText ↗
- Rousseau, The Social Contract and DiscoursesText ↗
- Tocqueville, Democracy in America, vol. 1Text ↗
Texts are public domain or freely licensed. References are Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entries.