The Historic Documents in this set include the primary texts of moral and political philosophy that influenced the Founding generation—written by philosophers and political theorists from classical antiquity (like Aristotle and Cicero) through the Enlightenment (like John Locke and Montesquieu).
The Founders' Library
Intellectual Foundations of the American Founding
Selected by
Paul Rahe
Professor of History and Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair in the Western Heritage at Hillsdale College
Jeffrey Rosen
President and CEO, National Constitution Center
Colleen A. Sheehan
Professor of Politics at the Arizona State University School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership