Great Books, Bad Arguments
Why Plato, Hobbes, and Marx are great—despite their arguments
Plato''s Republic, Hobbes''s Leviathan, and Marx''s Communist Manifesto are universally acknowledged classics of Western political thought. But how strong are the core arguments on which they base their visions of the good society that they want to bring into being? In this lively and provocative book, W. G. Runciman shows where and why ...
Why Plato, Hobbes, and Marx are great—despite their arguments
Plato''s Republic, Hobbes''s Leviathan, and Marx''s Communist Manifesto are universally acknowledged classics of Western political thought. But how strong are the core arguments on which they base their visions of the good society that they want to bring into being? In this lively and provocative book, W. G. Runciman shows where and why ...
