A Reader’s Companion to The Prince, Leviathan, and the Second Treatise

Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Locke each sought a new foundation for political order. This book serves as a reader's companion to Machiavelli’s  The Prince , Hobbes’s  Leviathan , and Locke’s  Second Treatise  written for graduate students and scholars seeking a fuller understanding of these classic texts. How do these philosophers respond to perennial questions such as why anyone is ever obligated to obey a government and whether there are any limits to such an obligation. I