1. Political Theory is Best Seen as a Conversation
... of the finer points of theory, central principles were shared and expounded with what occasionally seemed a religious fervour. This can be seen with ideas introduced by such men as: Harrington, Hobbes, Filmer, Locke, Burke, Bacon, Voltaire, Rousseau, Bentham, and Mill. Men whose writings were used as authorities in numerous political and intellectual debates over the next 100 odd years. Up until ... her time, because "women were until the twentieth century not political creatures" . James Harrington is not as circumspect as Astell in his criticism of the work of Hobbes, with his direct ...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate
