Algernon Sidney

1622 - 1683

About the Author

Algernon Sidney was a radical English republican political theorist who challenged Filmer’s theory of the divine right of kings. He was executed for treason in 1683.

In The Library:

• author: Discourses Concerning Government (LF ed.) (1698)
• author: Discourses Concerning Government (1698 ed.) (1698)