| History of Political Philosophy | |
| Editors: | Leo Strauss Joseph Cropsey |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Political philosophy |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
| Pub Date: | 1963 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages: | 980 |
| Isbn: | 0-226-77710-3 |
| Congress: | JA81.H58 1987 |
| Oclc: | 879526433 |
History of Political Philosophy is a textbook edited by American political philosophers Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey. The book is intended primarily to introduce undergraduate students of political science to political philosophy. It is currently in its third edition.
Some of the notable contributors include: Leo Strauss, Allan Bloom, Ralph Lerner, Muhsi Mahdi, James E. Holton, Joseph Cropsey, Harvey Mansfield, and Pierre Hassner. Some of the subjects in the volume include: Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, St. Augustine of Hippo, Alfarabi, Moses Maimonides, Niccolò Machiavelli, Martin Luther, Thomas Hobbes, René Descartes, John Locke, Adam Smith, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Alexis de Tocqueville, Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, and Leo Strauss.