Bolingbroke: Political Writings

Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke, was one of the most creative political thinkers in eighteenth-century Britain. In this volume, modernised and fully annotated texts of his most important political works, the Dissertation upon Parties, the letter, ''On the Spirit of Patriotism'', and The Idea of the Patriot King, are brought together for the first time. Bolingbroke was the first major thinker t...