Hi everyone. I wasn’t sure how to phrase my request, but I’m looking for philosophy books on which modern law and democracy are built. Things like The Social Contract by Rousseau, On Liberty by John Stuart Mill, Hobbes & Plato, etc. I haven’t read any of them (yet) so no answer is too obvious!
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No mention of Cicero? Start with De Legibus – for a full theory of law. De Re Publica – for the state’s role in upholding law.
De Officiis – for ethics intersecting with legal duty. Then his speeches.