01 · Knowledge Atlas
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Theories, political philosophies, economic models, institution types and forms of self-government — each idea traced through theory, real examples, critique and results.
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- MontesquieuThinkerFrench jurist and philosopher whose The Spirit of the Laws (1748) classified governments and argued that liberty is best protected when legislative, executive and judicial power are divided.
- Murray BookchinThinkerAmerican social theorist who founded social ecology and later advocated libertarian municipalism, a confederation of directly democratic municipal assemblies.
- Murray RothbardThinkerEconomist and theorist of anarcho-capitalism; author of For a New Liberty (1973).