The Portable John AdamsPenguin, 29 iun. 2004 - 576 pagini In addition to being an uncompromising defender of liberty, esteemed diplomat, and successor to George Washington, John Adams was a passionate and prolific writer. Adams biographer John Patrick Diggins gathers an impressive variety of his works in this compact, original volume, including parts of his diary and autobiography, and selections from his rich correspondence with this wife, Abigail, Thomas Jefferson, and others. The Portable John Adams also features his most important political works: “A Dissertation on Canon and Feudal Law,” “Thoughts on Government,” “A Defense of Constitutions,” “Novanglus,” and “Discources in Davila.” There is no finer introduction to the protean genius of this seminal American philosopher. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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... citizen toward the good, true, and virtuous. A second historical source of authority was classical republicanism, which ... citizens worrying about the health of the body politic, Marxism taught the masses that there was nothing to worry ...
... citizen toward the good, true, and virtuous. A second historical source of authority was classical republicanism, which ... citizens worrying about the health of the body politic, Marxism taught the masses that there was nothing to worry ...
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... citizens but to the poorly constructed political system with which they had to live. The lesson of Rome “may lead us to doubt the universality of the doctrine, that commerce corrupts manners.” Adams believed with Hume that the austere ...
... citizens but to the poorly constructed political system with which they had to live. The lesson of Rome “may lead us to doubt the universality of the doctrine, that commerce corrupts manners.” Adams believed with Hume that the austere ...
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... citizens of Florence by telling them that they were not to blame for the situation in which they found themselves, one of endless bloody civil wars; instead they were victims of the vicissitudes of misfortune and the “iniquity of the ...
... citizens of Florence by telling them that they were not to blame for the situation in which they found themselves, one of endless bloody civil wars; instead they were victims of the vicissitudes of misfortune and the “iniquity of the ...
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... citizens with his “pious exhortations” of patriotism and virtue. “One is . . . astonished at the reflection of Machiavelli,—'Such was the spirit of patriotism amongst them in those days that they cheerfully gave up their private ...
... citizens with his “pious exhortations” of patriotism and virtue. “One is . . . astonished at the reflection of Machiavelli,—'Such was the spirit of patriotism amongst them in those days that they cheerfully gave up their private ...
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DIARY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS Chapter 3 EARLIEST WRITINGS | |
A DISSERTATION ON CANON AND FEUDAL LAW Chapter 5 THOUGHTS ON GOVERNMENT Chapter 6NOVANGLUS Chapter 7 A DEFEN... | |
DISCOURSES ON DAVILA Chapter 9 CORRESPONDENCE WITH ROGER SHERMAN AND JOHN TAYLOR | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS WITH THOMAS JEFFERSON | |
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