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Machiavelli
A profile of the Italian Renaissance politician and philosopher
Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and his belief that knowledge and virtue do not go together
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes, who believed that life without society is "nasty, brutish, and short."
John Locke
Profile of 17th century philosopher John Locke and his theories on the rights to property
Liberalism
A look at Liberalism and the works of Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill
Karl Marx
A look at the life and theories of the father of communism
Nationalism
A look at the 'quintessentially modern' phenonemon of Nationalism
Green Political Thought
A look at environmental political ideas, including decentralisation and anti-consumerism
