Description: The essays collected in this volume make a serious, enlightened contribution to the history of political philosophy. While offering striking new interpretations of crucial texts and events in the history of the West, they illuminate fundamental questions of politics, religion, and philosophy.
Review Quotes:
"A powerful collection of essays-scholarly and humane, probing and elegant-that honors by imitating the great virtues of Ralph Lerner as a teacher and scholar." --Arthur Melzer, Michigan State University
"An outstanding group of essays on an unusually rich array of topics ranging from medieval political philosophy to Tocqueville. . . This deeply informed collection constitutes a worthy tribute to an extraordinary teacher and scholar." --Susan Shell, Boston College "This richly varied collection of essays on the problematic relationship of political theory and practice pays due honor to Ralph Lerner and to the enlightening stimulus of his lifework of scholarship and teaching." --Thomas Pangle, University of Toronto