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The PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli · 1513On 9 lists
Thomas Hobbes LeviathanLeviathanThomas Hobbes · 1651On 9 listsThe Great BooksDiscourse on the Origin of InequalityJean-Jacques RousseauDiscourse on the Origin of InequalityJean-Jacques Rousseau · 1755On 9 lists
Plato The RepublicThe RepublicPlato · c. 375 BCEOn 8 lists
Adam Smith The Wealth of NationsThe Wealth of NationsAdam Smith · 1776On 8 listsThe Great BooksDemocracy in AmericaAlexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville Democracy in AmericaDemocracy in AmericaAlexis de Tocqueville · 1835-1840On 8 lists
Second Treatise of GovernmentJohn Locke · 1689On 7 listsThe Great BooksThe Constitution of the United StatesAnonymousThe Constitution of the United StatesAnonymous · 1787On 7 lists
The Communist ManifestoKarl Marx · 1848On 7 lists
Karl Marx CapitalCapitalKarl Marx · 1867On 7 lists
CritoPlato · c. 395 BCEOn 6 listsThe Great BooksPoliticsAristotlePoliticsAristotle · c. 335 BCEOn 6 lists
Augustine The City of GodThe City of GodAugustine · 413-426On 6 listsThe Great BooksThe Social ContractJean-Jacques RousseauThe Social ContractJean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762On 6 listsThe Great BooksThe Declaration of IndependenceThomas JeffersonThe Declaration of IndependenceThomas Jefferson · 1776On 6 listsThe Great BooksDiscourses on the First Ten Books of LivyNiccolò MachiavelliNiccolò Machiavelli Discourses on the First Ten Books of LivyDiscourses on the First Ten Books of LivyNiccolò Machiavelli · c. 1513On 5 lists
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay The Federalist PapersThe Federalist PapersAlexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay · 1787-1788On 5 listsThe Great BooksOn LibertyJohn Stuart MillOn LibertyJohn Stuart Mill · 1859On 5 listsThe Great BooksGorgiasPlatoGorgiasPlato · c. 385 BCEOn 3 lists
UtopiaThomas More · 1516On 3 listsThe Great BooksConcerning Governmental AuthorityMartin LutherConcerning Governmental AuthorityMartin Luther · 1523On 3 listsThe Great BooksNew AtlantisFrancis BaconNew AtlantisFrancis Bacon · 1627On 3 lists
AreopagiticaJohn Milton · 1644On 3 lists
Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844Karl Marx · 1844On 3 lists
DeuteronomyThe Bible · c. 7th c. BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksA Letter Concerning TolerationJohn LockeA Letter Concerning TolerationJohn Locke · 1689On 2 lists
Montesquieu The Spirit of the LawsThe Spirit of the LawsMontesquieu · 1748On 2 listsThe Great BooksDiscourse on Political EconomyJean-Jacques RousseauDiscourse on Political EconomyJean-Jacques Rousseau · 1755On 2 listsThe Great BooksDeclaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)French National AssemblyDeclaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)French National Assembly · 1789On 2 lists
Reflections on the Revolution in FranceEdmund Burke · 1790On 2 listsThe Great BooksA Vindication of the Rights of WomanMary WollstonecraftA Vindication of the Rights of WomanMary Wollstonecraft · 1792On 2 lists
G. W. F. Hegel Philosophy of RightPhilosophy of RightG. W. F. Hegel · 1821On 2 listsThe Great BooksNarrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassFrederick DouglassNarrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass · 1845On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe German IdeologyKarl MarxThe German IdeologyKarl Marx · 1845On 2 listsThe Great BooksSelected SpeechesFrederick DouglassFrederick Douglass Selected SpeechesSelected SpeechesFrederick Douglass · 1841-1894On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Lincoln-Douglas DebatesAbraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln The Lincoln-Douglas DebatesThe Lincoln-Douglas DebatesAbraham Lincoln · 1858On 2 listsThe Great BooksLawsPlatoPlato LawsLawsPlato · c. 350 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Athenian ConstitutionAristotleThe Athenian ConstitutionAristotle · c. 330 BCEOn 1 list
Polybius The HistoriesThe HistoriesPolybius · c. 150-118 BCEOn 1 list
The Attainment of HappinessAl-Farabi · c. 940On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Political RegimeAl-FarabiThe Political RegimeAl-Farabi · c. 940On 1 listThe Great BooksOn KingshipThomas AquinasOn KingshipThomas Aquinas · c. 1267On 1 listThe Great BooksOn MonarchyDante AlighieriOn MonarchyDante Alighieri · c. 1312-1318On 1 listThe Great BooksThe MuqaddimahIbn KhaldunIbn Khaldun The MuqaddimahThe MuqaddimahIbn Khaldun · 1377On 1 list
The Book of the City of LadiesChristine de Pizan · 1405On 1 listThe Great BooksEl RequerimientoCouncil of CastileEl RequerimientoCouncil of Castile · 1513On 1 listThe Great BooksThree TreatisesMartin LutherThree TreatisesMartin Luther · 1520On 1 listThe Great BooksTo the Christian Nobility of the German NationMartin LutherTo the Christian Nobility of the German NationMartin Luther · 1520On 1 listThe Great BooksFriendly Admonition to Peace Concerning the Twelve Articles of the Swabian PeasantsMartin LutherFriendly Admonition to Peace Concerning the Twelve Articles of the Swabian PeasantsMartin Luther · 1525On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Twelve Articles of the Swabian PeasantsSwabian PeasantsThe Twelve Articles of the Swabian PeasantsSwabian Peasants · 1525On 1 list
On the American IndiansFrancisco de Vitoria · 1539On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Mayflower CompactAnonymousThe Mayflower CompactAnonymous · 1620On 1 listThe Great BooksTheologico-Political TreatiseBaruch SpinozaTheologico-Political TreatiseBaruch Spinoza · 1670On 1 listThe Great BooksEssays, Moral and PoliticalDavid HumeEssays, Moral and PoliticalDavid Hume · 1741-1742On 1 list
Jean-Jacques Rousseau EmileEmileJean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762On 1 list
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and LegislationJeremy Bentham · 1789On 1 listThe Great BooksA Vindication of the Rights of MenMary WollstonecraftA Vindication of the Rights of MenMary Wollstonecraft · 1790On 1 listThe Great BooksDeclaration of the Rights of WomanOlympe de GougesDeclaration of the Rights of WomanOlympe de Gouges · 1791On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Debate between Sieyès and PaineEmmanuel Joseph Sieyès and Thomas PaineThe Debate between Sieyès and PaineEmmanuel Joseph Sieyès and Thomas Paine · 1791On 1 listThe Great BooksPolitical WritingsNicolas de CondorcetPolitical WritingsNicolas de Condorcet · 1786-1794On 1 listThe Great BooksA Letter to a Noble LordEdmund BurkeA Letter to a Noble LordEdmund Burke · 1796On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Metaphysics of MoralsImmanuel KantThe Metaphysics of MoralsImmanuel Kant · 1797On 1 listThe Great BooksHaitian Constitution of 1801Toussaint LouvertureHaitian Constitution of 1801Toussaint Louverture · 1801On 1 listThe Great BooksSupreme Court OpinionsUnited States Supreme CourtSupreme Court OpinionsUnited States Supreme Court · 1803-1857On 1 listThe Great BooksAppeal to the Colored Citizens of the WorldDavid WalkerAppeal to the Colored Citizens of the WorldDavid Walker · 1829On 1 list
Carl von Clausewitz On WarOn WarCarl von Clausewitz · 1832On 1 listThe Great BooksEssay on AlgeriaAlexis de TocquevilleEssay on AlgeriaAlexis de Tocqueville · 1841On 1 list
Civil DisobedienceHenry David Thoreau · 1849On 1 listThe Great BooksWhat to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?Frederick DouglassWhat to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?Frederick Douglass · 1852On 1 listThe Great BooksAddress to the Legislature of New YorkElizabeth Cady StantonAddress to the Legislature of New YorkElizabeth Cady Stanton · 1854On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Old Regime and the RevolutionAlexis de TocquevilleThe Old Regime and the RevolutionAlexis de Tocqueville · 1856On 1 listThe Great BooksSelected SpeechesAbraham LincolnSelected SpeechesAbraham Lincoln · 1838-1865On 1 listThe Great BooksConsiderations on Representative GovernmentJohn Stuart MillConsiderations on Representative GovernmentJohn Stuart Mill · 1861On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Subjection of WomenJohn Stuart MillThe Subjection of WomenJohn Stuart Mill · 1869On 1 listThe Great BooksRerum NovarumPope Leo XIIIRerum NovarumPope Leo XIII · 1891On 1 listThe Great BooksSelected SpeechesBooker T. WashingtonSelected SpeechesBooker T. Washington · 1884-1915On 1 listThe Great BooksHind Swaraj, or Indian Home RuleMohandas K. GandhiHind Swaraj, or Indian Home RuleMohandas K. Gandhi · 1909On 1 listThe Great BooksThe State and RevolutionVladimir LeninThe State and RevolutionVladimir Lenin · 1917On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Acquisitive SocietyR. H. TawneyThe Acquisitive SocietyR. H. Tawney · 1920On 1 list
Annihilation of CasteB. R. Ambedkar · 1936On 1 listThe Great BooksTrue HumanismJacques MaritainTrue HumanismJacques Maritain · 1936On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Rights of Man and Natural LawJacques MaritainThe Rights of Man and Natural LawJacques Maritain · 1942On 1 list
Max Weber Essays in SociologyEssays in SociologyMax Weber · 1906On 1 list
Hannah Arendt The Origins of TotalitarianismThe Origins of TotalitarianismHannah Arendt · 1951On 1 list
The Wretched of the EarthFrantz Fanon · 1961On 1 listThe Great BooksLetter from Birmingham JailMartin Luther King Jr.Letter from Birmingham JailMartin Luther King Jr. · 1963On 1 list
Personal Responsibility Under DictatorshipHannah Arendt · 1964On 1 listThe Great BooksCrises of the RepublicHannah ArendtCrises of the RepublicHannah Arendt · 1972On 1 list
Discipline and PunishMichel Foucault · 1975On 1 listThe Great BooksA Black Feminist StatementCombahee River CollectiveA Black Feminist StatementCombahee River Collective · 1977On 1 listThe Great BooksAn Ecomodernist ManifestoJohn Asafu-Adjaye et al.An Ecomodernist ManifestoJohn Asafu-Adjaye et al. · 2015On 1 listThe Great BooksIs It Colonial Déjà Vu? Indigenous Peoples and Climate InjusticeKyle Powys WhyteIs It Colonial Déjà Vu? Indigenous Peoples and Climate InjusticeKyle Powys Whyte · 2017On 1 listThe Great BooksDe-Growth vs. a Green New DealRobert PollinDe-Growth vs. a Green New DealRobert Pollin · 2018On 1 listThe Great BooksSlow Down: The Degrowth ManifestoKohei SaitoSlow Down: The Degrowth ManifestoKohei Saito · 2020On 1 list