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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... 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 Reason, did human beings really reason or did they rationalize ...
... 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 Reason, did human beings really reason or did they rationalize ...
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... reason there was for these melancholy reflections, the subsequent times have too fully shewn. Typically, Adams ... reasons for “melancholy reflections.” In the readings collected in this volume there could well appear to be three John ...
... reason there was for these melancholy reflections, the subsequent times have too fully shewn. Typically, Adams ... reasons for “melancholy reflections.” In the readings collected in this volume there could well appear to be three John ...
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... reason. Indeed the French looked to the American Revolution itself as the triumph of wisdom over “prejudice, dogma, and superstition,” and the successful outcome of the struggle had paved the way “for liberty, virtue and reason.” Adams ...
... reason. Indeed the French looked to the American Revolution itself as the triumph of wisdom over “prejudice, dogma, and superstition,” and the successful outcome of the struggle had paved the way “for liberty, virtue and reason.” Adams ...
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... reason is rightfully supreme in man, and therefore it would be most suitable to the reason of mankind to have no civil or political government at all. The moral government of God, and his vicegerent Conscience, ought to be sufficient to ...
... reason is rightfully supreme in man, and therefore it would be most suitable to the reason of mankind to have no civil or political government at all. The moral government of God, and his vicegerent Conscience, ought to be sufficient to ...
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... reason was the promise of virtue that had been inherited from classical antiquity. In the Defence Adams scrutinized all the meanings of virtue: the Roman ideals of courage and manliness, the ancient principles of prudence, temperance ...
... reason was the promise of virtue that had been inherited from classical antiquity. In the Defence Adams scrutinized all the meanings of virtue: the Roman ideals of courage and manliness, the ancient principles of prudence, temperance ...
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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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