{"product_id":"classic-political-philosophy-for-the-modern-man-paperback-1","title":"Classic Political Philosophy for the Modern Man - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Lynn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Just as in the parable of the boiling frog who does not perceive the gradual increase in the temperature of the water and is boiled alive, so we have by steady increments lost much of our liberty without realizing it. The works in this book cannot give that back; what they can do is to raise our consciousness of the many alternative paths we could have taken--and perhaps, if we have nerve enough, still can take.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eClassic Political Philosophy for the Modern Man\u003c\/em\u003e serves three purposes: it provides an introduction to the greatest political philosophers of the Western tradition; it allows these profound thinkers to speak to the assumptions and prejudices of our own era on topics ranging from democracy and human rights to equalism and speech laws; and it brings the most enduringly relevant of their works alive again for the modern reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresenting the very best of Western political philosophy, \u003cem\u003eClassic Political Philosophy for the Modern Man \u003c\/em\u003eintroduces and includes selections from: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlato, \u003cem\u003eRepublic\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAristotle, \u003cem\u003ePolitics\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMachiavelli, \u003cem\u003eThe Prince \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Discourses\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHobbes, \u003cem\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLocke, \u003cem\u003eSecond Treatise of Government \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e A Letter Concerning Toleration\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRousseau, \u003cem\u003eDiscourse on Inequality \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e The Social Contract\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBurke, \u003cem\u003eReflections on the Revolution in France\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBentham, \u003cem\u003eAnarchical Fallacies\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTocqueville, \u003cem\u003eDemocracy in America\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBastiat, \u003cem\u003eThe Law\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMill, \u003cem\u003eOn Liberty\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRoosevelt, \u003cem\u003eCitizenship in a Republic\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere is no better starting point for those who seek a genuinely fresh and insightful view on the major questions of our political existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52720784867635,"sku":"9781912360208","price":24.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bzRydkF0V0lZeGp1aVVCNUdQSlRuUT09_03a420b7-d372-406f-a573-26a6716aa1e0.webp?v=1763622156","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/classic-political-philosophy-for-the-modern-man-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}