On the Nature of Things Assistant

Answers questions on Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan: the state of nature, the social contract and sovereign power, quoting the 1651 text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Machiavelli's The Prince, on gaining and keeping power, quoting W. K. Marriott's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Thomas Paine's Rights of Man, his defence of the French Revolution and natural rights against Burke, quoting The Writings of Thomas Paine, Volume II from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the part.

Answers questions on Thoreau's essay Civil Disobedience, on conscience and resisting unjust government, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the passage.

Answers questions on W. E. B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk: double consciousness, education and the color line, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Booker T. Washington's Up from Slavery: his early life, education and founding of the Tuskegee Institute, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.