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• Theologico-Political Treatise — Written by the philosopher and pantheist Baruch Spinoza, the Theologico Political Treatise or Tractatus Theologico Politicus was an early criticism of religious intolerance and a defense of secular government. In particular, it was a preemptive… …   Wikipedia

• Political science — For the Randy Newman song of the same name, see Political Science (song). Part of the Politics series Politics …   Wikipedia

• political economy — political economist. 1. a social science dealing with political policies and economic processes, their interrelations, and their influence on social institutions. 2. (in the 17th 18th centuries) the art of management of communities, esp. as… …   Universalium

• political science — political scientist. a social science dealing with political institutions and with the principles and conduct of government. [1770 80] * * * Academic discipline concerned with the empirical study of government and politics. Political scientists… …   Universalium

• political philosophy — Branch of philosophy that analyzes the state and related concepts such as political obligation, law, social justice, and constitution. The first major work of political philosophy in the Western tradition was Plato s Republic. Aristotle s… …   Universalium

• Treatise — This article is about the literary form. For the musical composition by Cornelius Cardew, see Treatise (music). A treatise is a formal and systematic written discourse on some subject, generally longer and treating it in greater depth than an… …   Wikipedia

• political economy — In the strict sense, an influential body of writings on economic questions associated principally with the French and English Enlightenment of the eighteenth century, and which culminated in the economic theories associated with Adam Smith .… …   Dictionary of sociology

• Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope — ▪ work by Melanchthon also called  Appendix On The Papacy,         one of the confessional writings of Lutheranism, prepared in 1537 by Philipp Melanchthon (Melanchthon, Philipp), the German Reformer. The Protestant political leaders who were… …   Universalium

• Political geography — geography ge*og ra*phy, n.; pl. {Geographies}. [F. g[ e]ographie, l. geographia, fr. Gr. ?; ge a, gh^, the earth + ? description, fr. ? to write, describe. 1. The science which treats of the world and its inhabitants; a description of the earth,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Spinoza: the moral and political philosophy — The moral and political philosophy of Spinoza Hans W.Blom Spinoza as a moral and political philosopher was the proponent of a radical and extremely consistent version of seventeenth century Dutch naturalism. As a consequence of the burgeoning… …   History of philosophy

• Hume: moral and political philosophy — Rosalind Hursthouse INTRODUCTION Hume’s moral and political philosophy, like his epistemology and meta physics, originally appeared in A Treatise of Human Nature, (henceforth [7.1]), Book III of which, ‘Of Morals’, was published in 1740. He… …   History of philosophy