How you have felt, O men of Athens, at hearing the speeches of my

accusers, I cannot tell; but I know that their persuasive words almost

made me forget who I was -- such was the effect of them; and yet they

have hardly spoken a word of truth. But me;

OUR author composed the Political Treatise shortly before his death [in

1677]. Its reasonings are exact, its style clear. Abandoning the

opinions of many political writers, he most firmly propounds therein his

own judgment; and throughout draws his l

. The faculties of Humane nature may be reduc'd unto four kinds; Bodily strength, Experience, Reason, Passion. Taking the beginning of this following Doctrine from these, we will declare in the first place what manner of inclinations men who are endued with these faculties bare towards each other, and whether, and by what faculty, they are born apt for Society, and so preserve themselves against mutuall

HONOURS


State Incentive Award in Social Science, the Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo, Egypt, 2001