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Subtitled, "Republic, Leviathan, & The Communist Manifesto". Contends that Plato, Hobbes and Marx are great, despite their poor arguing.
Synopsis
Plato's "Republic", Hobbes' "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? This book shows where and why they fail.