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The nature of political activity and how it may best be conducted is
one of the perennial questions of human existence. In the West alone
these matters have been the subject of philosophical discussion for more
than 2,000 years, and the discussion is one to which many more than
fifty thinkers have contributed. In choosing our fifty we have confined
ourselves to Western political thought (with the exception of Mohandas
Gandhi, whose ideas were influenced by the West). We have little expertise
outside this field, and, besides, non-Western traditions are represented in
other volumes in this series. Nor have we been concerned with theoretical
debates concerning the ‘scientific’ study of politics. Even so, the business
of choosing the best or most appropriate fifty was a difficult one.
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