Many historians marvel at the breadth of the political and historical thought in the members of the Constitutional Convention and reference, inter alia, the debt to Locke, Montesquieu and Voltaire. Are there any books which have a thesis that the political philosophy which came to dominate the American pre-Revolutionary period was the natural culmination in the evolution of European intellectual thought throughout the 17th and 18th centuries? _____________________________________________________________________ Richard E. Dixon 12106 Beaver Creek Road Clifton, VA 12104-2115 703-830-8177 fax 703-691-0978 ______________________________________________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html