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Ryan Patrick Hanley is Professor of Political Science at Boston College. Prior to joining the faculty at Boston College, he was the Mellon Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Marquette University, and held visiting appointments or fellowships at Yale, Harvard, and the University of Chicago. He is the author of several studies on Enlightenment political philosophy, including Adam Smith and the Character of Virtue (2009) and Love's Enlightenment: Rethinking Charity in Modernity (2017).

• IntroductionChronologyFurther ReadingTranslator's NoteAcknowledgmentsI. Fables (selections)1. The Bee and the Fly2. The Pigeon Punished for Its Restlessness3. The Bees4. The Adventures of Aristonoüs 5. Life of PlatoII. Dialogues of the Dead (selections)1. Achilles and Homer 2. Confucius and Socrates 3. Solon and Justinian 4. Socrates and Alcibiades (1)5. Socrates and Alcibiades (2)6. Alexander and Aristotle 7. Coriolanus and Camillus 8. Caesar and Cato 9. Louis XI and Cardinal Balue 10. Louis XI and Louis XII 11. Henry VII and Henry VIII 12. Henry III and Henry IV 13. Cardinal Richelieu and Cardinal Mazarin III. Telemachus (selections)1. Egypt2. Tyre3. Crete4. Bétique5. Manduria6. Salente I7. Salente IIIV. Correspondence1. Letter to Louis XIV2. Letter to the Marquis de Louville3. Letter to the Duke of Burgundy V. Discourse Delivered at the Consecration of the Elector of CologneVI. Examination of Conscience on the Duties of KingshipVII. Political Memoranda1. Memorandum on the deplorable situation of France2. Plans of Government (Tables de Chaulnes)3. Measures to take after the death of the Duke of BurgundyVIII. "On Pure Love"

By offering a new, eminently readable English version of selections from the Archbishop of Cambrai's most important writings, Hanley (Boston College) has provided a service to all those interested in the history of ideas...Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students and faculty.