Historical Chart Preface Suggested Syllabi NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI: Biography and Notes on the Text / The Prince THOMAS HOBBES: Biography and Notes on the Text / Leviathan, parts I and II (omitting chapters 4-5, 7-9, 25-28, 30-31) JOHN LOCKE: Biography and Notes on the Text / The Second Treatise on Civil Government / A Letter Concerning Toleration DAVID HUME: Biography and Notes on the Text / A Treatise of Human Nature, book III / "Of the Original Contract" THOMAS REID: Biography and Notes on the Text / Essays on the Active Powers of Man, essay III, part III; essay V JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU: Biography and Notes on the Text / The Social Contract / A Discourse on the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality of Mankind IMMANUEL KANT: Biography and Notes on the Text / Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals / "Metaphysical First Principles of the Doctrine of Right" (Part I of The Metaphysics of Morals)
