Early Modern Political Works, 1500 to 1800

is a 1644 prose polemic by the English poet

published in November 1790

is a 1670 work of philosophy written in Latin

The work was written in Italian in 1602

by Italian Jesuit Giovanni Botero published in 1589

is a 1574 work written by Theodore Beza

was an influential Huguenot tract published in Basel in 1579

It was published anonymously in 1689

Late in his time in France, Hobbes wrote Leviathan , which was published in 1651.

The work is cast in epistolary form, and is an important supplementary source for the interpretation of Rousseau’s social philosophy, containing, as it does, such elements as a vision of rural community and the presence of a manipulative genius who achieves the appearance of natural harmony through cunning artifice, and who thus anticipates both the tutor in Emile and the legislator of The Social Contract . Both works appeared in 1762, marking the high point of Rousseau’s intellectual achievement.

Reflections was published on 1 November 1790, less than eighteen months after the storming of the Bastille.

He did not expressly lay out a political philosophy in similar detail, but a distinctive set of views on politics can be extrapolated from elements of both TMS and his Wealth of Nations (1776, WN); student notes from his lectures on jurisprudence (1762-1763, LJ) have also helped flesh out his thoughts on governance.

Written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, the essays originally appeared anonymously in New York newspapers in 1787 and 1788 under the pen name "Publius." The Federalist Papers are considered one of the most important sources for interpreting and understanding the original intent of the Constitution.