The quote first appeared in a 1926 book by U.S. historian and philosopher Will Durant titled "The Story of Philosophy." It is part of a passage in which Durant helps to elucidate a concept first ...

Aristotle’s political thought might provide a more solid foundation for liberal politics than the view of human nature offered by early modern theorists. Professor Nichols studies Greek political ...

Dunning's conclusion as to the effects of the anti-monarchic theories injected into the political philosophy at this time is that they emphasized conceptions—such as the contract theory of ...