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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... civil rights, the women's movement, and other contemporary causes. What Jefferson meant by “created equal” was the idea, derived from the philosopher John Locke, that in the state of nature all people are born equal in that no one is ...
... civil rights, the women's movement, and other contemporary causes. What Jefferson meant by “created equal” was the idea, derived from the philosopher John Locke, that in the state of nature all people are born equal in that no one is ...
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... civil or political government at all. The moral government of God, and his vicegerent Conscience, ought to be sufficient to restrain men to obedience to justice and benevolence, at all times and in all places; we must therefore descend ...
... civil or political government at all. The moral government of God, and his vicegerent Conscience, ought to be sufficient to restrain men to obedience to justice and benevolence, at all times and in all places; we must therefore descend ...
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... civil wars; instead they were victims of the vicissitudes of misfortune and the “iniquity of the times.” To make the people feel good about themselves, Machiavelli tried to convince them that the causes of their troubles lay elsewhere ...
... civil wars; instead they were victims of the vicissitudes of misfortune and the “iniquity of the times.” To make the people feel good about themselves, Machiavelli tried to convince them that the causes of their troubles lay elsewhere ...
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... was tied up with that of Europe and the Old World of power politics. Writing in the post-Civil War era, Adams saw corruption everywhere and virtue nowhere, except perhaps in his two novels, Democracy and Esther, in which.
... was tied up with that of Europe and the Old World of power politics. Writing in the post-Civil War era, Adams saw corruption everywhere and virtue nowhere, except perhaps in his two novels, Democracy and Esther, in which.
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... Civil War. See his Education of Henry Adams. For the ambiguous legacy of John Adams, see John Patrick Diggins, The Lost Soul of American Politics: Virtue, Self-Interests, and the Foundations of Liberalism (New York: Basic, 1985), and ...
... Civil War. See his Education of Henry Adams. For the ambiguous legacy of John Adams, see John Patrick Diggins, The Lost Soul of American Politics: Virtue, Self-Interests, and the Foundations of Liberalism (New York: Basic, 1985), and ...
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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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