This captivating compilation presents the poetic works of one of history's great thinkers, showcasing his creative expression and literary prowess. Among the featured poems is "A Poem in Latin and English Dedicated to Cromwell.&...

'Man being born...to perfect freedom...hath by nature a power...to preserve his property, that is, his life, liberty and estate.'Locke's Second Treatise of Government (1689) is one of the great classics of political philosophy, widely...

"Some Considerations on The Consequences of The Lowering of Interest and The Raising of The Value of Money" (Grapevine edition) presents a thought-provoking essay by John Locke that delves into the economic implications of m...

Locke's two groundbreaking treatises regarding sound methods of governance are united in this complete edition. At the time these treatises were written, English politics had undergone decades of upheaval in the wake of the English Ci...

As one of the early Enlightenment philosophers in England, John Locke sought to bring reason and critical intelligence to the discussion of the origins of civil society. Endeavouring to reconstruct the nature and purpose of government...

"Two Treatises of Government" is a seminal work by the renowned philosopher John Locke, offering a profound exploration of political philosophy and the foundations of government. This influential text consists of two distinc...

The Art of war is a treatise written by Niccolo Machiavelli between 1519 and 1520 under the original title “Dell'arte de la Guerra”. The text is a series of Socratic Dialogues divided in 8 parts, the Preface (proemio) and the 7 bo...

FINALIST--2008 PEN TRANSLATION PRIZEIn The Essential Writings of Machiavelli, Peter Constantine has assembled a comprehensive collection that shows the true depth and breadth of a great Renaissance thinker. Refreshingly accessible, th...

Unabridged version of THE PRINCE, by Niccolo Machiavelli and translated by N. H. Thomson, offered here for chump change.From 1513, THE PRINCE is divided into chapters covering ruling power, be it in the office or across continents. To...

Part of the Hero Classics series “Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.” The Prince is generally labelled as a cynical and overly pragmatic account of gaining and retaining political po...

No one has ever described American democracy with more accurate insight or more profoundly than Alexis de Tocqueville. After meeting with Americans on extensive travels in the United States, and intense study of documents and authorit...

Everyone worries about being judged. One foolish tweet can destroy a career, one careless image can ruin a reputation. Yet judgement is inescapable; we cannot be social beings without judging and being judged. We're stuck with judgeme...

In the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 Marx explains how, under capitalism, people rely on labor to live. In the past people could rely on Nature itself for their natural needs; in modern society, if one wants to eat, one...

Communism as a political movement attained global importance after the Bolsheviks toppled the Russian Czar in 1917. After that time the works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, especially the influential "Communist Manifesto (1848)", ...

2011 Reprint of 1939 Edition. Parts I & III of "The German Ideology". Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Originally published by the Marx-Engels Institute in Moscow in...

The writings of John Stuart Mill have become the cornerstone of political liberalism. Collected for the first time in this volume are Mill’s three seminal and most widely read works: On Liberty, The Subjection of Women, and Utilitar...

My Thoughts provides a unique window into the mind of one of the undisputed pioneers of modern thought, the author of The Spirit of the Laws. From the publication of his first masterpiece, Persian Letters, in 1721, until his death in...

With the publication of Utopia (1516), Thomas More provided a scathing analysis of the shortcomings of his own society, a realistic suggestion for an alternative mode of social organization, and a satire on unrealistic idealism. Enorm...

A new understanding of democracy that acknowledges the inescapable and essential antagonism in its workings, by one of today’s foremost radical political theorists.The Democratic Paradox is Chantal Mouffe’s most accessible and ill...

An original and powerful statement which enables us to close the widening gap between liberal democracy and the events of a disordered world.In this work, Mouffe argues that liberal democracy misunderstands the problems of ethnic, rel...

In this book, the philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy examines the nature of catastrophes in the era of globalization and technology. Can a catastrophe be an isolated occurrence? Is there such a thing as a "natural" catastrophe when ...

The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness, first published in 1944, is considered one of the most profound and relevant works by the influential theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, and certainly the fullest statement of his politica...

This pamphlet exposes how the Democratic Party has changed beyond recognition. Once the party of anti-communism and tax-cutting under President Kennedy, it is now dominated by a surging socialist movement and led by a presidential can...

Drawing inspiration from philosophy, history, and literature, Martha C. Nussbaum takes us to task for our religious intolerance, identifies the fear behind it, and offers a way past fear toward a more equitable, imaginative, and fr...

Can a devout Jew be a devout Jew and drop the belief in the rebuilding of the Temple? Can a devout Muslim be a devout Muslim and drop the belief in the sacredness of the Rock? Can one right (the right of return) be given up for anoth...

Coopted by military operations, humanitarianism has never been neutral. Rather than welcoming refugees, host countries assess the relative risks of taking them in versus turning them away, using a risk-benefit analysis that often redu...

In 1776, America was a hotbed of enlightenment and revolution. Thomas Paine not only spurred his fellow Americans to action but soon came to symbolize the spirit of the Revolution. His elegantly persuasive pieces spoke to the hearts a...

A timeless collection of quotations by visionaries who have been catalysts for change - through the ages and across the globeYou Had Better Make Some Noise brings together the words of social activists, revolutionaries, artists, write...

2018 Reprint of 1875 Second Edition. The Allegory of the Cave, or Plato's Cave, comprises Book VIII of Plato's Republic. It is written as a dialogue between Plato's brother Glaucon and his mentor Socrates, narrated by the latter. Pla...

The second volume of "A Handbook of Traditional Living" continues the project of the first: to resurrect perennial values for a Traditionalist lifestyle in an anti-Traditional world, and to provide concrete and desperate...