On the History of Political Philosophy

W. Julian Korab-Karpowicz earned his doctorate from the University of Oxford. His main areas of research are Political Philosophy and History of Philosophy. As a graduate student he held a distinguished Scholarship of the Leadership Development Office of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Presently he is a Visiting Professor at the Texas State University. Prior to joining the Texas State, he taught at Bilkent University, Ankara; Kyung Hee University, Seoul; Lebanese American University, Byblos, and Anglo-American University, Prague. He was also a public official, Deputy Mayor of Gdansk in his native Poland, and acted as ethics expert for the European Commission. He attended many international conferences and participated in the World Civic Forum, 2009 in Seoul, chairing a session on Civic Engagement in Public and Global Governance. He has published four books and many articles

• Chapter 1 Thucydides: War and the Polis; Chapter 2 Plato: Who Should Rule?; Chapter 3 Aristotle: The Best Constitution; Chapter 4 Cicero: The Idea of the Republic; Chapter 5 St. Augustine: The City of God; Chapter 6 St. Thomas Aquinas: Faith and Social Solidarity; Chapter 7 Machiavelli: How To Rule?; Chapter 8 Grotius: International Society; Chapter 9 Hobbes: The Beginning of Modernity; Chapter 10 Locke: Liberty and Property; epi Epilogue: The Classics and the Moderns;