profiles the lives and ideas of some of the leading thinkers on individual liberty – from ancient times to the present day.Award-winning author Eamonn Butler outlines key elements of liberal thought and takes a chronological look at those who shaped it across the centuries.He identifies their common goals – but also highlights their differing views on, for example, the extent of government involvement in our daily lives.For anyone interested in politics, government, social institutions, capitalism, rights, liberty and morality,provides a clear and concise introduction to a set of radical ideas – and the thinkers behind them.