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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... moral excellence. JOHN,. ABIGAIL,. JOHN. QUINCY. John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, the fourth generation of the first Adams settler, Henry, of yeoman stock from a manor in Somerset County, England. A third-generation descendant of ...
... moral excellence. JOHN,. ABIGAIL,. JOHN. QUINCY. John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, the fourth generation of the first Adams settler, Henry, of yeoman stock from a manor in Somerset County, England. A third-generation descendant of ...
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... moral qualities of the American people. Facing England, the greatest military power in the world, America had the opportunity to prove itself on the field of battle in nothing less than a test of virtue. The Revolution turned out to be ...
... moral qualities of the American people. Facing England, the greatest military power in the world, America had the opportunity to prove itself on the field of battle in nothing less than a test of virtue. The Revolution turned out to be ...
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... moral truths, such as “Love thy neighbor,” and he valued whatever sources emphasized duties as well as rights. But institutionalized Christianity, with its dogmatic creeds, obedient priests, false miracles, authoritarian councils, and ...
... moral truths, such as “Love thy neighbor,” and he valued whatever sources emphasized duties as well as rights. But institutionalized Christianity, with its dogmatic creeds, obedient priests, false miracles, authoritarian councils, and ...
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... 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 from the dignity of our nature, when we ...
... 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 from the dignity of our nature, when we ...
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... Moral Sentiments (1759) to discover how sympathy enabled people to be concerned with others to the extent that the imagination empathized with their suffering. Adams was less concerned with benevolence and altruism than with the ways ...
... Moral Sentiments (1759) to discover how sympathy enabled people to be concerned with others to the extent that the imagination empathized with their suffering. Adams was less concerned with benevolence and altruism than with the ways ...
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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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