PART Ⅰ ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL 1
1 ROOTS OF THE WEST 3
2 THE GREEK DISCOVERY OF REASON IN NATURE 7
3 PLATO(ca.427-347 B.C.) 19
The Republic 30
4 ARISTOTLE(384-322 B.c.) 75
Politics 85
5 POLYBIUS(ca.204-122 B.C.) 116
The Histories 119
6 CICERO(106-43 B.C.) 127
The Republic and The Laws 131
7 STOICISM AND EPICUREANISM:TWO HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHIES 141
Ⅰ Epictetus(ca.A.D.50-120),The Discourses and The Manual 151
Ⅱ Marcus Aurelius(A.D.121-180),Meditations 157
Ⅲ Epicurus(ca.341-270 B.C.),Letter to Menoeceus and Principal Doctrines 168
8 THE JEWISH BELIEF IN ONE GOD,AND CHRISTIAN LOVE 173
9 ST.AUGUSTINE(354-430) 181
The City of God 186
10 JOHN OF SALISBURY(ca.1120-1180) 199
The Statesman's Book 206
11 ST.THOMAS AQUINAS(ca.1225-1274) 218
On Kingship 230
Summa Theologica 237
12 DANTE(1265-1321) 245
De Monarchia 252
13 MARSILIO OF PADUA(1270-1342) 262
The Defender of Peace 272
PART Ⅱ SIXTEENTH THROUGH EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES 281
14 MACHIAVELLI(1467-1527) 283
The Prince 291
15 THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION 302
Ⅰ Luther(1483-1546),Secular Authority:To What Extent It Should Be Obeyed 308
Ⅱ Calvin(1509-1564),Institutes of the Christian Religion 319
Ⅲ Stephen Junius Brutus(pseud.),A Defense of Liberty against Tyrants 328
16 BODIN(1530-1596) 344
Six Books on the State 348
17 HOBBES(1588-1679) 355
Leviathan 364
18 LOCKE(1632-1704) 380
Two Treatises of Government 389
19 MONTESQUIEU(1689-1755) 408
The Spirit of the Laws 413
20 HUME(1711-1776) 422
Essays Moral,Political,and Literary and An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals 428
21 ROUSSEAU(1712-1778) 442
The Social Contract 452
22 KANT(1724-1804) 473
Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals 477
Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose 479
Perpetual Peace:A Philosophical Sketch 483
23 SMITH(1723-1790) 492
The Wealth of Nations 498
24 BURKE(1729-1797) 504
Reflections on the Revolution in France 513
PART Ⅲ NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES 533
25 BENTHAM(1748-1832) 535
Principles of Morals and Legislation 543
26 TOCQUEVILLE(1805-1859) 557
Democracy in America 564
27 MILL(1806-1873) 578
On Liberty 586
Utilitarianism 615
The Subjection of Women 618
28 HEGEL(1770-1831) 624
Philosophy of Law 629
Philosophy of History 637
29 REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNISM 639
Ⅰ Marx(1818-1883),Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts 656
Ⅱ Marx and Engels(1820-1895),The Communist Manifesto 663
Ⅲ Lenin(1870-1924),Selected Works 680
30 NIETZSCHE(1844-1900) 688
Thus Spake Zarathustra 694
The Antichrist 699
Geneology of Morals 705
31 FASCISM 708
Mussolini(1883-1945),The Doctrine of Fascism 712
32 FREUD(1856-1939) 721
Civilization and Its Discontents 725
33 GANDHI(1869-1948) 736
Selected Writings 742
34 FROM CLASSICAL LIBERALISM TO DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM 754
Ⅰ Spencer(1820-1903),Social Statics and The Man Versus The State 768
Ⅱ Green(1836-1882),Prolegomena to Ethics 780
Ⅲ Laski(1893-1950),A Grammar of Politics 783
35 THE WELFARE STATE 785
Ⅰ Keynes(1883-1946),The End of Laissez-Faire 794
Ⅱ Beveridge(1879-1963),Report on Social Insurance and Allied Services 806
Ⅲ Myrdal(1898-1987),Beyond the Welfare State 807
36 LIBERTARIANISM 814
Ⅰ Hayek(1899-1992),The Road to Serfdom 825
The Constitution of Liberty 831
Law,Legislation and Liberty 835
The Fatal Conceit 838
Ⅱ Friedman(1912- ),Capitalism and Freedom 840
37 BERLIN(1909-1997) 848
Two Concepts of Liberty 851
38 RAWLS(1921- ) 859
A Theory of Justice 863
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 877
NAME INDEX 991
SUBJECT INDEX 997