| Aristotle |
The Athenian Constitution - read here |
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| Edmund Burke |
Speech to the Electors of Bristol, on his being declared by the Sheriffs duly elected (3 Nov. 1774) in The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke. 6 vols. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854—56, vol 1, pp. 446-48 - download here
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Marquis de Condorcet
(Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat) |
Esquisse d'un tableau historique des progrès de l'esprit humain - read here |
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ENCYCLOPÉDIE OU DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNÉ DES SCIENCES
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Vol.14, 1765 Entry : Représentans (pp.143-146) - read here |
| David Hume |
Of the Original Contract |
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| Thomas Jefferson |
Letter to Isaac H. Tiffany, Monticello, August 26, 1816: read here, see image here. |
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| John Locke |
Second Treatise, §§ 157–58 |
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| Ernst Renan |
What is a Nation? - read here |
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Jean Jacques Rousseau |
Du Contrat Social ou Principes du Droit Politique- read original here |
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Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes - read original here |
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| Joseph Schumpeter |
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy (1976) - preview e-book here |
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Alexis de Tocqueville |
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