Political Thought

Works by Althuisius Subject Area: Political Theory

Source: Translator's Introduction to Althusius's Politica. An Abridged Translation of Politics Methodically Set Forth and Illustrated with Sacred and Profane… more

Johannes Althusius Subject Area: Political Theory

Source: Introduction to Althusius's Politica. An Abridged Translation of Politics Methodically Set Forth and Illustrated with Sacred and Profane Examples, ed. and… more

Viscount James Bryce Subject Area: Political Theory

Source: Editor's Introduction to The American Commonwealth, with an Introduction by Gary L. McDowell, 2 vols (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1995). Vol. 1.

Works by Calhoun

Source: Union and Liberty: The Political Philosophy of John C. Calhoun, ed. Ross M. Lence (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1992).

Frank Chodorov Subject Area: Political Theory

Source: Editors' Introduction to Chodorov's Fugitive Essays: Selected Writings of Frank Chodorov, Compiled, Edited, and with an Introduction by Charles H. Hamilton… more

Frank Chodorov Subject Area: Political Theory

Source: In Fugitive Essays: Selected Writings of Frank Chodorov, Compiled, Edited, and with an Introduction by Charles H. Hamilton (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1980).… more

Cicero Subject Area: Political Theory

Cicero

Source: Introduction to The Political Works of Marcus Tullius Cicero: Comprising his Treatise on the Commonwealth; and his Treatise on… more

Collection: Classics in the History of Political Thought

Richard Cobden School of Thoght: The Manchester School Subject Area: Political Theory

Source: Introduction to The Political Writings of Richard Cobden, with a Preface by Lord Welby, Introductions by Sir Louis… more

Condorcet Debate: Utopias School of Thought: French Enlightenment

Source: Final chapter of Condorcet's Outlines of an historical view of the progress of the human mind, being a posthumous work of the late M. de… more

Montesquieu Karl Marx 19thC French Classical Liberalism

French Revolution American Revolution and Constitution War and Peace Progress Private… more

Constant School of Thought: 19thC French Classical Liberalism

Source: Introduction to Principles of Politics Applicable to a all Governments, trans. Dennis O’Keeffe, ed. Etienne Hofmann, Introduction by Nicholas… more

Constant and Modernity

Benjamin Constant

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Dante

Dante Subject Area: Political Theory

Source: Introduction to The De Monarchia of Dante Alighieri, edited with translation and notes by Aurelia Henry (Boston and New York:… more

Subject Area: Political Theory

Source: Introduction to Jean Louis De Lolme, The Constitution of England; Or, an Account of the English Government, edited and with an Introduction by David Lieberman… more

Works of History 18thC Commonwealthmen

This essay first appeared in the journal Literature of Liberty: A Review of Contemporary Liberal Thought, vol. III, no. 2 Summer 1980, published by the Cato Institute… more

E. de la Boétie

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Jellinek, The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens: A Contribution to Modern Constitutional History by Georg Jellinek, Dr. Phil. et Jur. ,… more

War and Peace

Source: New Individualist Review, editor-in-chief Ralph Raico, introduction by Milton Friedman (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1981). Chapter: MILTON FRIEDMAN, Why Not a Volunteer Army?

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Economics

Source: New Individualist Review, editor-in-chief Ralph Raico, introduction by Milton Friedman (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1981). Chapter: MILTON FRIEDMAN, Is a Free Society Stable?

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Thomas Mackay
Topic: Classical Liberal critique of socialism Debate: Fabian Socialism vs. Radical Individualism

François Guizot Subject Area: History School of Thought: 19th Century French Liberals

Source: François Guizot, The History of the Origins of Representative Government in Europe, trans. Andrew R. Scoble,… more

François Guizot Subject Area: History

Source: François Guizot, General History of Civilization in Europe by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot, edited, with critical and supplementary notes, by George Wells Knight… more

Auberon Herbert 19thC English Radical Individualists

Source: Eric Mack's Introduction to Auberon Herbert, The Right and Wrong of Compulsion by the State, and Other Essays, ed. Eric Mack (Indianapolis: Liberty… more

Michael Oakeshott Thomas Hobbes Hobbes's Leviathan

Source: Michael Oakeshott, Hobbes on Civil Association, foreword by Paul Franco (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2000). Chapter: 1: Introduction to Leviathan

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Subject Area: Political Theory

Source: David Hume, Essays Moral, Political, Literary, edited and with a Foreword, Notes, and Glossary by Eugene F. Miller, with an appendix of variant readings from the 1889… more

David Hume

Scottish Enightenment

Source: David Hume, Essays Moral, Political, Literary, edited and with a Foreword, Notes, and Glossary by Eugene F. Miller, with an appendix of… more

Political Theory

Source: Editorial in Literature of Liberty, July/September 1978, vol. 1, No. 3 [1978]

Works by Kant Subject Area: Political Theory

Kant

Source: Translator's Introduction to Kant’s Principles of Politics, including his essay on Perpetual Peace. A Contribution to… more

Immanuel Kant Subject Area: Political Theory

Immanuel Kant

Source: Preface to Kant’s Principles of Politics, including his essay on Perpetual Peace. A Contribution to Political… more

JS Mill Topic: The Liberal Critique of Socialism School of Thought: Socialism Subject Area: Economics

W.E.H. Lecky Subject Area: Political Theory

Source: Editor's Introduction to Lecky's Democracy and Liberty, edited and with an Introduction by William Murchison, 2 vols. (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1981). Vol.… more

Works by William Leggett School of Thought: Jeffersonian Republicans

Source: Editor's Introduction to William Leggett's Democratic Editorials: Essays in Jacksonian Political Economy, Foreword by Lawrence H.… more

Bruno Leoni Subject Area: Law

Source: Bruno Leoni, Freedom and the Law, expanded 3rd edition, foreword by Arthur Kemp (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1991). Chapter: 4: Voting Versus the Market

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Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay Subject Area: Economics

Source: A chapter in Macaulay's Critical and Historical Essays contributed to the Edinburgh Review, 5th ed. in 3 vols. (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and… more

Herbert Spencer Subject Area: Philosophy

Source: Introduction to Spencer's The Principles of Ethics, introduction by Tibor R. Machan (Indianapolis: LibertyClassics, 1978). Vol. 1.

Works by Richter, Mackay Topic: Classical Liberal Critiques of Socialism

Source: Pictures of the Socialistic Future (Freely adapted from Bebel), trans. Henry Wright, Introduction by Thomas Mackay (London: Swan… more

Marcus Aurelius Subject Area: Philosophy

Source: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, trans. Francis Hutcheson and James Moor, edited and with an Introduction by… more

Karl Marx Topic: Classical Liberal Critique of Sociialism Subject Area: Economics

Source: From H.B. Acton, The Illusion of the Epoch: Marxism-Leninism as a Philosophical Creed (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2003).… more

Works by John Milton Areopagitica

John Milton

Source: Richard Jebb's Introduction and Analysis of his edition of Areopagitica, with a Commentary by Sir Richard C. Jebb and with… more

Works by John Milton, Althusius, Machiavelli Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth Topic: English Revolution

John Milton

Source: Clark's introduction to Milton's The… more

Works by John Milton The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates Topic: English Revolution

John Milton

Source: Allison's introduction to Milton's The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, edited… more

John Milton

The English Revolution

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Source: John Milton, Areopagitica and Other Political Writings of… more

Kenneth Minogue Subject Area: Political Theory

Source: Kenneth Minogue, The Liberal Mind, (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2000). CHAPTER SIX: Freedom

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Works by French Enlightenment

Source: M.J.C. Vile's Chapter 4 in Constitutionalism and the Separation of Powers (2nd ed.) (Indianapolis, Liberty Fund 1998).

Michael Oakeshott Thomas Hobbes

Source: Michael Oakeshott, Hobbes on Civil Association, foreword by Paul Franco (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2000). Chapter: Foreword

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Thomas Mackay Herbert Spencer Debate: Fabian Socialism vs. Radical Liberalism

Source: A Plea for Liberty: An Argument against Socialism and Socialistic Legislation, consisting of an Introduction by Herbert… more

William Penn Subject Area: Political Theory Topic: Religious Toleration

Source: Introduction to The Political Writings of William Penn, introduction and annotations by Andrew R. Murphy (Indianapolis: Liberty… more

Plato

Plato Benjamin Jowett

Source: Jowett's Introduction to and Analysis of The Laws in vol. 5 of The Dialogues of Plato translated into English with Analyses and Introductions by… more

Plato

Plato Benjamin Jowett

Source: Jowett's Introduction to and Analysis of The Republic in vol. 3 of The Dialogues of Plato translated into English with Analyses and Introductions… more

Works by Mises and Leonard Read Subject Area: Economics School of Thought: Austrian School

Source: An essay in Toward Liberty: Essays in Honor of Ludwig von Mises on the Occasion of his 90th Birthday, September… more

Eugen Richter Topic: Liberal Critiques of Socialism Debate: Utopias Subject Area: Economics

Source: Introduction to Richter's Pictures of the Socialistic Future (Freely adapted from Bebel), trans. Henry Wright,… more

Political Theory

Source: New Individualist Review, editor-in-chief Ralph Raico, introduction by Milton Friedman (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1981). Chapter: MURRAY N. ROTHBARD, The Negro Revolution

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Bruno Leoni Subject Area: Economics

Source: New Individualist Review, editor-in-chief Ralph Raico, introduction by Milton Friedman (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1981). Chapter: MURRAY N. ROTHBARD, On Freedom and… more

Rousseau Subject Area: Political Theory

Source: Introduction to The Political Writings of Jean Jacques Rousseau, ed. from the original manuscripts and authentic editions, with introductions and notes by C. E.… more

Rousseau Subject Area: Political Theory

Source: Introduction to Rousseau's The Social Contract and Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, translated with an Introduction by G.D. H. Cole (London and Toronto: J.M.… more

Works by Herbert Spencer

Source: The Man versus the State, with Six Essays on Government, Society and Freedom, ed. Eric Mack, introduction by Albert Jay Nock (Indianapolis: LibertyClassics, 1981).

Herbert Spencer Topic: Education

Source: Herbert Spencer, Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects, Introduction by Charles W. Eliot (London: Dent, 1911). Chapter: INTRODUCTION.

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Herbert Spencer School of Thought: 19thC English Radical Individualists

Source: Herbert Spencer, Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects, Introduction by Charles W. Eliot (London: Dent, 1911). Chapter: ON… more

Works by Herbert Spencer

Source: The Man versus the State, with Six Essays on Government, Society and Freedom, ed. Eric Mack, introduction by Albert Jay Nock (Indianapolis: LibertyClassics, 1981).

Works by Herbert Spencer School of Thought: 19thC English Radical Individualists

Source: Herbert Spencer, Social Statics: or, The Conditions essential to Happiness specified, and the First of them Developed… more

Spinoza Subject Area: Philosophy

Source: Translator's introduction to The Chief Works of Benedict de Spinoza, translated from the Latin, with an Introduction by R.H.M. Elwes, vol. 1 Introduction,… more

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John Taylor Subject Area: Economics

Source: John Taylor, Tyranny Unmasked, ed. F.Thornton Miller (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1992).