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Utopia
A short work of fiction in Latin, written by the English lawyer and humanist Thomas More and published at Leuven in 1516. Its name is a Greek pun:…
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On the Law of War and Peace
A long Latin treatise in three books, written by the Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius in exile in Paris during the Thirty Years' War and dedicated to Louis XIII.…
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Theological-Political Treatise
A treatise in twenty chapters, published anonymously in 1670 under a false imprint and soon banned in the Dutch Republic. Spinoza's stated aim is to show that freedom…
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Two Treatises of Government
Two works published anonymously after the Glorious Revolution, though much of the text was probably written around 1679–1683, during the crisis over a Catholic succession. The First Treatise…
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A Letter Concerning Toleration
A short letter written in Latin in 1685, while Locke was in exile in the Netherlands, and published in 1689 with an English translation by William Popple appearing…
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The Essentials of the Learning of the Sages (Seonghak jibyo)
A Neo-Confucian handbook compiled by Yi I, known as Yulgok, and presented in 1575 to the young King Seonjo of Joseon. Its aim is to educate a ruler…
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The Argumentative Indian
A collection of sixteen essays, several developed from lectures and articles, subtitled Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity. Sen's central claim is that India has a long…
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Waiting for the Dawn (Mingyi daifang lu)
A short political treatise written by Huang Zongxi in the early 1660s, after the Ming dynasty had fallen to the Manchu Qing. The title joins the name of…
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The Book of Lord Shang (Shangjunshu)
A collection of essays associated with Shang Yang, the 4th-century BCE minister whose reforms made the state of Qin strong enough eventually to unify China. Most chapters were…
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Distinguishing the Way (Bendō)
A short polemical treatise written in 1717 by the Confucian scholar Ogyū Sorai, paired with his longer glossary Benmei (Distinguishing Names). In a series of brief sections Sorai…
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