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The Republic
by Plato
Available on: Audio Download | Podcast
Plato's most popular dialogue, The Republic, argues for social justice by subjecting the individual to complete state control.
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Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau
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Classic essay by Thoreau explaining why he went to jail rather than submit to a tax he felt unjust, Civil Disobedience served as inspiration to both Gandhi and Tolstoy and continues to be regarded as a definitive statement of the rights of the individual within the state.
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The Law
by Frederic Bastiat
Available on: Audio Download
The Law is one of the most important books ever written on the uses and abuses of law.
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The Prince
by Niccolo Machiavelli
Available on: Audio Download | Podcast
Written in 1513 to the Medici family, Machiavelli's work is known primarily for its ruthless advice and shocking lack of morality.
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The Communist Manifesto
by Karl Marx
Available on: Audio Download | Podcast
Undoubtedly one of the most influential writings of all time, the Communist Manifesto divided the globe for almost a century.
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The Second Treatise on Government
by John Locke
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One of the leading liberal thinkers in 17th century England, Locke's ideas were drawn on heavily by Thomas Jefferson when writing the Declaration of Independence.
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The Social Contract
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Available on: Audio Download | Podcast
One of the most famous philosophers of the enlightenment, Rousseau's Social Contract explores the foundation of society.
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The Federalist #10
by James Madison
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James Madison's first and greatest contribution to the work that would become known as the Federalist Papers. In #10 Madison turns on its head the centuries old maxim that representative government could survive only in small republics.
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The History and Practice of Human Rights
by Thomas W. Laqueur
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
This course offers a broad survey of the philosophical, legal and historical origins of human rights in the eighteenth century and examines how and why it burgeoned into what is arguably the dominant language of international and domestic politics all over the world in the late late twentieth and the twenty-first century.
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Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau
Available on: Audio Download
Thoreau refused to pay taxes in 1846, based on his opposition to the Mexican War, and was later jailed...
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