Thinkers from the Classical Greeks to the First World War are represented in this collection of major writings, which includes extracts from major, and less well-known, writers. Texts are organised chronologically and placed in historical and philosophical context; sections also contain 'further reading' suggestions. Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1(16) Ancient thought (500 BCE-312 CD) 17(78) From History of the Peloponnesian War 34(27) Thucydides From The Politics 61(22) Aristotle From On Duties 83(3) Cicero From Meditations 86(4) Marcus Aurelius From The Epistles 90(5) Plato Late antiquity and the early middle ages (312-1000) 95(82) Anonymous From The Teaching of the Lord to the Gentiles through the Twelve Apostles or The Didache 111(4) From Tricennial Orations 115(4) Eusebius Augustine of Hippo From The City of God against the Pagans 119(17) Constantine Porphyrogenitus From De Administrando Imperio 136(12) From The Political Regime 148(22) Al-Farabi From The Healing 170(4) Avicenna From Logic 174(3) Moses Maimonides International relations in Christendom 177(66) John of Paris From on Royal and Papal Power 191(7) From Monarchy 198(6) Dante Alighieri From On Secular Authority 204(9) Martin Luther From Summa Theologiae 213(8) Thomas Aquinas From ``Dulce Bellum Inexpertis'' 221(10) Desiderius Erasmus From ``On the American Indians'' 231(12) Francisco De Vitoria The modern European state and system of states 243(68) From The Prince 257(5) Niccolo Machiavelli From The Discourses 262(8) From Six Book of the Commonwealth 270(6) Jean Bodin From on the Manner of Negotiating with Princes 276(5) Francis De Callieres From on Questions of Public Law 281(5) Cornelius Van Bynkershoek From Letters of Pacificus 286(6) Alexander Hamilton From Letters on a Regicide Peace 292(9) Edmund Burke Francis De Salignac De La Mothe Fenelon From ``On the Necessity of Forming Alliances'' 301(6) ``The True Concept of a Balance of Power'' 307(4) Friedrich Von Gentz The emergence of international law 311(68) From The Law of War and Peace 325(10) Hugo Grotius From Leviathan 335(6) Thomas Hobbes From on the Duties of Man and Citizen 341(8) Samuel Pufendorf From ``On the Law of Nations'' 349(7) Samuel Rachel From The Law of Nations Treated According to a Scientific Method 356(14) Christian Von Wolff From The Law of Nations or Principles of Natural Law 370(9) Emmerich De Vattel The Enlightenment 379(78) The Abbe De Saint-Pierre From A Project for Settling an Everlasting Peace in Europe 394(5) From The Spirit of the Laws 399(8) Montesquieu From of the Balance of Power 407(3) David Hume From The Wealth of Nations 410(6) Adam Smith From The State of War 416(9) Jean-Jacques Rousseau From Abstract and Judgement of Saint-Pierre's Project for Perpetual Peace 425(3) From Essay on Theory and Practice 428(4) Immanuel Kant From Perpetual Peace 432(18) From The Metaphysical Elements of Right 450(7) State and nation in nineteenth-century international political theory 457(62) From Elements of the Philosophy of Right 470(6) G. W. F. Hegel From on the Duties of Man 476(10) G. Mazzini From ``A Few Words on Non-Intervention'' 486(8) John Stuart Mill From Politics 494(12) H. Von Treitschke From ``Patriotism in the Perfect State'' 506(13) B. Bosanquet International relations and industrial society 519(66) From The Wealth of Nations 532(3) Adam Smith From ``On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation'' 535(3) David Ricardo From The Political Writings of Richard Cobden 538(12) Richard Cobden Friedrich List From The National System of Political Economy 550(11) From Finance Capital 561(11) Rudolf Hilferding From ``The Communist Manifesto'' 572(3) Karl Marx Friedrich Engels From ``The Sociology of Imperialisms'' 575(10) Joseph Schumpeter List of references 585(11) Index 596