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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
What are the top 5 most important works in political philosophy?

If you had to pick the top 5 works in philosophy on politics, what would you choose? I'm compiling a reading list to educate myself on the topic, and decided to ask for suggestions.

If it isn't to much trouble, please also include why you picked the work you did. :)
gpt
If your goal is to educate yourself, you're probably better off starting with a broad overview, like *Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction* by Kymlicka, rather than a grab-bag of a few primary texts.