<Li> Plato: Wrote a lengthy dialog The Republic in which he laid out his political philosophy: citizens should be divided into three categories . One category of people are the rulers: they should be philosophers, according to Plato, this idea is based on his Theory of Forms . </Li> <Li> Pierre - Joseph Proudhon: Commonly considered the father of modern anarchism, specifically mutualism . </Li> <Li> Murray Rothbard: The central theorist of anarcho - capitalism and an Austrian School economist . </Li> <Li> Jean - Jacques Rousseau: Analyzed the social contract as an expression of the general will, and controversially argued in favor of absolute democracy where the people at large would act as sovereign . </Li>

Who is regarded as the father of political philosophy in the west