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Product Description: Born in what is now Algeria, Augustine trained in classical Latin rhetoric and became a professor of rhetoric in Rome. He later studied neo-Platonic philosophy and experienced a conversion to Christianity in 386. [Through his numerous theological writings, Augustine became one of the major architects of Latin Christian political theory at a time when Roman civilization was in decline...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) is best known for his development of the concept of sovereignty, which was treated most clearly in his great work, Leviathan. Whilst Hobbes was not the first theorist of sovereignty, he remains perhaps the most thorough exponent of the concept...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This is part seven of a 10-volume set (actually comprising 21 books) on the great political thinkers. It deals with the work of Grotius. Other thinkers covered are: Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Machiavelli, Aquinas, More, Hobbes, Locke and Hume.

Product Description: This is part one of a 10-volume set (actually comprising 21 books) on the great political thinkers. It deals with the work of Plato. Other thinkers covered are: Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Machiavelli, More, Grotius, Hobbes, Locke and Hume. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This is part four of a 10-volume set (actually comprising 21 books) on the great political thinkers. It deals with the work of Aquinas. Other thinkers covered are: Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Machiavelli, More, Grotius, Hobbes, Locke and Hume. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This is the first collection of the writings of Edmund Burke that precede Reflections on the Revolution in France. A thinker whose range transcends formal boundaries, Burke has been highly prized by both conservatives and liberal socialists, and this new edition charts the development of his thought and its importance as a response to the events of his day...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)