Mitchell (2004) argues that ''Cato's Letters'' fall squarely within a liberal republican tradition, embracing [[John Locke]], [[Bernard Mandeville]], and (later) [[David Hume]], and [[Adam Smith]] and suggests that it was in this vein that they were read by the Founding Fathers. | Mitchell (2004) argues that ''Cato's Letters'' fall squarely within a liberal republican tradition, embracing [[John Locke]], [[Bernard Mandeville]], and (later) [[David Hume]], and [[Adam Smith]] and suggests that it was in this vein that they were read by the Founding Fathers. |