A Reader's Companion to the Prince, Leviathan, and the Second Treatise

by John T. Bookman

Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Locke each sought a new foundation for political order. This book serves as a reader's companion to Machiavelli's The Prince, Hobbes's Leviathan, and Locke's Second Treatise written for graduate students and scholars seeking a fuller understanding of these classic texts. How do these philosophers respond to perennial questions such as why anyone is ever obligated to obey a government and whether there...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030028798
• ISBN13: 9783030028794
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"