Princeton Readings in Political Thought Paperback – March 4, 1996

The media could not be loaded.  I would recommend if you are not in school and want to read on many philosophies on politics. If you are in school then this is probably mandatory and to let you know it came in great condition and it is what it says that it is. I really enjoy this class and I feel the readings can be a bit difficult thankfully the professor I have does an amazing job in explaining everything very well. I hope you enjoy.

I had to use this book for one of my required Political Science courses and I am thankful that the many writings of various Philosopher's were put into one book. It would have been much more difficult to have bought various readings and attempt to compare them with one another. The readings are all organized in a chronological order which makes the settings, comparisons, and development of ideas even easier to understand. At the beginning of each chapter, a small excerpt is given about the author and social/political setting of the era so as to make the reader understand the arguments and theories of these philosopher's made during their times.

Best book ever.

This book is the go to book for politics 101. It has a selection of writings of everyone from Plato to Locke to Abraham Lincoln. Highly recommend it.

Decent selections from the classics - Plato, Aristotle, Locke and Machiavelli, most notably. But the translations are likely to be different from what you've read before, and the selections (Machiavelli, Plato) are very abridged. If you need a good primer, or just want to brush up on your Philosophy in politics, this is a great book. Otherwise, I recommend finding the full texts online or finding later translations.

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It's amazing to compare the contents of this book to the price. It's a masterpiece for students and scholars of philosophy, religion, and ethics. For those people whose interests are in sociology and history, they should find it also helpful. It's a book for great thinkers. It connects the ancient thoughts to the dynamics of contemporary times.

It was pretty decent