The Portable John AdamsPenguin, 29.06.2004 - 576 Seiten 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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... means of his own labor, and because labor was the essential means of preserving life, man had a natural right to the products of his work. Of American political philosophers, only Abraham Lincoln espoused a labor theory of value. Adams ...
... means of his own labor, and because labor was the essential means of preserving life, man had a natural right to the products of his work. Of American political philosophers, only Abraham Lincoln espoused a labor theory of value. Adams ...
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... means of pleasing God and attaining the salvation of the soul. Moreover, even though he saw how emulation would tie classes together as the lower strata imitated the upper, he foresaw America as a distinct class society. 5. The.
... means of pleasing God and attaining the salvation of the soul. Moreover, even though he saw how emulation would tie classes together as the lower strata imitated the upper, he foresaw America as a distinct class society. 5. The.
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... means, it would have had a short, unhappy life, for in a society based on “contrary principles, either a revolution breaks out or that society breaks up.” Adams failed to see the consensual nature of America's social order, and he ...
... means, it would have had a short, unhappy life, for in a society based on “contrary principles, either a revolution breaks out or that society breaks up.” Adams failed to see the consensual nature of America's social order, and he ...
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... mean tricks and artifices in pursuit of honor or reputation as the miser descends to in pursuit of gold. The greatest men have been the most envious, malicious, and revengeful. The miser toils by night and day, fasts and watches, till ...
... mean tricks and artifices in pursuit of honor or reputation as the miser descends to in pursuit of gold. The greatest men have been the most envious, malicious, and revengeful. The miser toils by night and day, fasts and watches, till ...
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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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