getting political knowledge?
I'm thinking about a career in politics and I want to get started reading books about politics and government, etc. Not something like "Politics for Dummies" but books written by the great political thinkers in the past, like reading Wealth of Nations to learn fundamentals of economics.
Does anyone have any suggestions for must read books for going into politics?
You need to read "The Republic" by Plato.
Discusses the basic fundamental concepts of politics, such as what exactly a government is, what the purpose of a government should be, and the different types of governments that existed at the time, and how they measure up to the established criteria.
You might also be interested to know that Plato was the mentor who taught Socrates, who went on to teach a bunch of great philosophers, including Aristotle.
You should also pick up "The Prince" by Niccolo Macchiavelli.
It is an interesting treatise on the application of ethics in politics, especially as concerns issues of morality, immorality and amorality.
You really should also look at the collected writings of Han Fei-zi, the Legalist scholar from the Qin Dynasty of Classical China.
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