1. POLITICAL PHILOSOPHERS – A SHORT GUIDE
Confucius 551 BC CHINA Confucian The Analects Mandate of Heaven, Moral Harmony
Plato 427 -347 BC ATHENS Platonist The Republic Myth of the Cave, Philosopher-Kings
Aristotle 384 -322 BC ATHENS Aristotelian The Politics Logic, Science, Polis = Good Life
Cicero 106 -43 BC ROME Natural Law The Laws Natural Law, Rights, Duty, Rhetoric
Kautilya 350 – 283 BC INDIA Mauryans The Arthashastra Science of Punishment, Strategy
Machiavelli 1469 -1527 AD ITALY Realism The Prince The Ends Justify the Means
Thomas
Hobbes 1588 -1679 AD BRITAIN Materialism Leviathan Social Contract, State of Nature, Equality
John
Locke 1632-1704 AD BRITAIN Classical Liberalism 2nd Treatise Social Contract, Right of Revolution