Overview :Who ought to govern? Why should I obey the law? How should conflict be controlled? What is the proper education for a citizen and a statesma... Read More
Overview :Abraham Lincoln never wrote a book: his ideas are contained in speeches, letters, and various occasional writings. By bringing these works t... Read More
Overview :In compelling, often stunning black-and-white photographs, The Weather and a Place to Live portrays the manmade landscape of the western Uni... Read More
Overview :A rediscovery of patriotism as a virtue in line with the core values of democracy in an extremist age "Like you perhaps, I still regard myse... Read More
Overview :Interest in Leo Strauss is greater now than at any time since his death, mostly because of the purported link between his thought and the po... Read More
Overview :Baruch de Spinoza (1632-1677)--often recognized as the first modern Jewish thinker--was also a founder of modern liberal political philosoph... Read More
Overview :In Hegel's Critique of Liberalism, Steven B. Smith examines Hegel's critique of rights-based liberalism and its relevance to contemporary po... Read More
Overview :Leo Strauss was a central figure in the 20th century renaissance of political philosophy. The essays of The Cambridge Companion to Leo Strau... Read More
Overview :Most readers of Spinoza treat him as a pure metaphysician, a grim determinist, or a stoic moralist, but none of these descriptions captures ... Read More
Overview :Steven B. Smith examines the concept of modernity, not as the end product of historical developments but as a state of mind. He explores mod... Read More