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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... write ten times better than I can.” It is interesting to speculate what the Declaration of Independence would be like had Adams composed it. No doubt it would be a more legalistic document with Adams citing English political ...
... write ten times better than I can.” It is interesting to speculate what the Declaration of Independence would be like had Adams composed it. No doubt it would be a more legalistic document with Adams citing English political ...
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... writer than Adams, but the question remains: Was not Adams the better thinker? The political philosophy that John Adams expounded, in a series of penetrating ideas about liberty, power, virtue, reason, and human motivation, directly ...
... writer than Adams, but the question remains: Was not Adams the better thinker? The political philosophy that John Adams expounded, in a series of penetrating ideas about liberty, power, virtue, reason, and human motivation, directly ...
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... writer, the wife of one president and the mother of another, although she passed away years before her son took office in 1825. The correspondence between Abigail and John testifies to a relationship rich in personal affection and ...
... writer, the wife of one president and the mother of another, although she passed away years before her son took office in 1825. The correspondence between Abigail and John testifies to a relationship rich in personal affection and ...
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... write the Declaration, and Adams replied with three. But are reasons causes? Such questions, more in the nature of psychology, remained with Adams when he later turned to studying political philosophy. In the Enlightenment's Age of ...
... write the Declaration, and Adams replied with three. But are reasons causes? Such questions, more in the nature of psychology, remained with Adams when he later turned to studying political philosophy. In the Enlightenment's Age of ...
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... writing treatises in defense of government and the necessity of its controlling mechanisms. He argued for the importance of a strong executive branch, which some colonists feared as the “foetus of monarchy,” and for an upper-house ...
... writing treatises in defense of government and the necessity of its controlling mechanisms. He argued for the importance of a strong executive branch, which some colonists feared as the “foetus of monarchy,” and for an upper-house ...
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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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