For the purpose of this volume entirely original translations were required only for the selections from St. Thomas Aquinas, Marsiglio of Padua, and the Vindicia contra Tyrannos. The translations from Bodin and Grotius are in part original. The passages from Bodin's De Republica were translated with constant assistance from the Knolles translation of Bodin's French version of the work. For the De Jure Belli ac Pacis of Grotius the Latin text was carefully worked over in order to revise the translation by Whewell. For all other selections the translations or editions cited were followed faithfully, with minor changes in a few instances. The writer desires to make grateful acknowledgment for assistance that has been received in the preparation of this volume. Professor William A. Dunning, of Columbia University, has generously supplied expert advice and criticism in all parts of the work, especially in the translations. Professor Edward G. Elliott, of Princeton University, contributed valuable counsel as to the general plan and scope of the work. The writer is indebted to Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons for the privilege of using the passages from Conway's edition of The Writings of Thomas Paine, and to the Delegates of the Clarendon Press for the selections from Montague's edition of Bentham's Fragment on Government and from Church's edition of Book I of Hooker's Ecclesiastical Polity. June 26, 1914. 1. The Institution of the King by the People 2. The Superiority of the People to the King Readings from The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, Areo- pagitica, and Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free Readings from Two Treatises of Government 3. Limitations upon Government 4. The Separations of Powers in Government Readings from The Social Contract 1. The Problem of Political Philosophy 1. The Distinction between Political and Natural Society. 536 |