The History of Political Philosophy: From Plato to Rothbard

Robert Nozick, 1938-2002, was a professor at Harvard whose best known book is Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974) – a libe... Read more

John Rawls, 1921-2002, was the most influential figure among American philosophers. His first, and main, work, A Theory ... Read more

John Stuart Mill, 1806-1873, was the most famous classical liberal, a British philosopher and a political economist whos... Read more

Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804, was called the most evil person by Ayn Rand. Kant had rules for everything. His views on relig... Read more

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, influenced the French Revolution with his political philosophy and his social contract... Read more

John Locke, 1632-1704, was the Father of Classical Liberalism. Human beings in their rationality are in God’s image. His... Read more

Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679, best known work is Leviathan (1651) which established social contract theory. His liberal thin... Read more

Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274, was an Italian Dominican friar and Catholic priest and an immensely influential philosopher a... Read more

Aristotle, 384-322 BC, joined Plato’s Academy in Athens at eighteen and remained there until the age of thirty-seven. He... Read more

Intellectual historians want to look at the past to find questions of value. Greeks are considered the start of politica... Read more