Edited by Patrick Riley

The best political theory pieces from the Journal including contributions by SHLOMO AVINERI, LEWIS WHITE BECK, ISAIAH BERLIN,ERNST CASSIRER, JOHN DEWEY, A.O. LOVEJOY, C.B. MACPHERSON, JUDITHSHKLAR, JEAN STAROBINSKI, and LEOSTRAUSS are herepresented with a substantial editor's Introduction. They cover thewhole of Western political and moral philosophy from the pre-Socraticsto Nietzsche and Freud; the thought of the Enlightenment receivesparticularly thorough coverage.