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This book examines allegories and metaphors that best exemplify each thinker´s ideologies. The author´s approach allows readers to gain a greater understanding of each thinker´s ideas through the lens of metaphor and this stimulates imaginative discussions and more thoughtful reflections.

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Allegories and Metaphors in Early Political Thought: From Plato to Machiavelli examines allegories and metaphors that best exemplify the ideologies of Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Niccolo Machiavelli. Author Kevin Dooley´s approach allows readers to gain a greater understanding of each thinker´s ideas through the lens of metaphor, which stimulates imaginative discussions and more thoughtful reflections.

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Preface - Introduction - Plato (427-347 BC): Gyges´ Ring, the Divided Line, and the Allegory of the Cave - Aristotle (384-322 BC): Acorns and Oak Trees, the Feast - St. Augustine (354-430): City of God, City of Man - St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274): The Pilot and the Shepherd - Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527): The Lion and the Fox, the River - Index.

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Kevin Dooley is Associate Professor of Political Science at Monmouth University. He earned his PhD in global affairs from Rutgers University-Newark.

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