John Gingell and Christopher Winch are lecturers at Nene College of Higher Education, Northampton. Adrian Little is lecturer at Goldsmith's College, University of London.

• Preface 1. Extract from The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli 2. Extract from Areopagitican, Extract from An Agreement of the Free People of England Extract from The Law of Freedom in a Platform John Milton and the Levellers 3. Extract from Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 4. Extract from Two Treatises of Government John Locke 5. Extract from A Treatise of Human Nature David Hume 6. Extract from The Spirit of the Laws Montesquieu 7. Extract from The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith 8. Extract from A Dissertation on the Origin and Foundation of the Inequality of Mankind Extract from The Social Contract Jean-Jacques Rousseau 9. Extract from The Federalist Papers James Madison and Alexander Hamilton 10. Extract from Reflections on the Revolution in France Edmund Burke 11. Extract from Rights of Man Thomas Paine 12. Extract from A Vindication of the Rights of Women Mary Wollstonecraft 13. Extract from An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation Jeremy Bentham 14. Extract from On Liberty John Stuart Mill 15. Extract from Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 Extract from Manifesto of the Communist Party Extract from Capital

John Gingell and Christopher Winch are lecturers at Nene College of Higher Education, Northampton. Adrian Little is lecturer at Goldsmith's College, University of London.

• Preface 1. Extract from The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli 2. Extract from Areopagitican, Extract from An Agreement of the Free People of England Extract from The Law of Freedom in a Platform John Milton and the Levellers 3. Extract from Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 4. Extract from Two Treatises of Government John Locke 5. Extract from A Treatise of Human Nature David Hume 6. Extract from The Spirit of the Laws Montesquieu 7. Extract from The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith 8. Extract from A Dissertation on the Origin and Foundation of the Inequality of Mankind Extract from The Social Contract Jean-Jacques Rousseau 9. Extract from The Federalist Papers James Madison and Alexander Hamilton 10. Extract from Reflections on the Revolution in France Edmund Burke 11. Extract from Rights of Man Thomas Paine 12. Extract from A Vindication of the Rights of Women Mary Wollstonecraft 13. Extract from An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation Jeremy Bentham 14. Extract from On Liberty John Stuart Mill 15. Extract from Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 Extract from Manifesto of the Communist Party Extract from Capital

John Gingell and Christopher Winch are lecturers at Nene College of Higher Education, Northampton. Adrian Little is lecturer at Goldsmith's College, University of London.

• Preface 1. Extract from The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli 2. Extract from Areopagitican, Extract from An Agreement of the Free People of England Extract from The Law of Freedom in a Platform John Milton and the Levellers 3. Extract from Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 4. Extract from Two Treatises of Government John Locke 5. Extract from A Treatise of Human Nature David Hume 6. Extract from The Spirit of the Laws Montesquieu 7. Extract from The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith 8. Extract from A Dissertation on the Origin and Foundation of the Inequality of Mankind Extract from The Social Contract Jean-Jacques Rousseau 9. Extract from The Federalist Papers James Madison and Alexander Hamilton 10. Extract from Reflections on the Revolution in France Edmund Burke 11. Extract from Rights of Man Thomas Paine 12. Extract from A Vindication of the Rights of Women Mary Wollstonecraft 13. Extract from An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation Jeremy Bentham 14. Extract from On Liberty John Stuart Mill 15. Extract from Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 Extract from Manifesto of the Communist Party Extract from Capital