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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... mind and temperament and to his political career. He believed deeply in liberty and saw himself acting virtuously as he dedicated his life to the public good. Yet as much as he craved recognition and distinction, and projected such ...
... mind and temperament and to his political career. He believed deeply in liberty and saw himself acting virtuously as he dedicated his life to the public good. Yet as much as he craved recognition and distinction, and projected such ...
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... mind to become either a minister or a lawyer. He lost interest in the former occupation the more he thought about the pessimistic doctrines of Calvinism and the hindrances facing clergy who sought to teach with an open mind. He decided ...
... mind to become either a minister or a lawyer. He lost interest in the former occupation the more he thought about the pessimistic doctrines of Calvinism and the hindrances facing clergy who sought to teach with an open mind. He decided ...
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... mind. Toward the end of the 1790s Jefferson and the newly organized Republican party aimed to drive the president and his Federalist party out of office in the election of 1800. Adams was accused of being a monarchist manqué who was ...
... mind. Toward the end of the 1790s Jefferson and the newly organized Republican party aimed to drive the president and his Federalist party out of office in the election of 1800. Adams was accused of being a monarchist manqué who was ...
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... mind to understand nature and its laws. Adams could share certain of these assumptions, and he looked to “lawgivers and philosophers to enlighten the people's understanding, and improve their morals, by good and general education.” But ...
... mind to understand nature and its laws. Adams could share certain of these assumptions, and he looked to “lawgivers and philosophers to enlighten the people's understanding, and improve their morals, by good and general education.” But ...
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... mind. In Discourses on Davila, however, we are in the world that Shakespeare put on the stage, what our contemporary theorists call the society of the spectacle. In such a world “attractions command the notice and attention of the ...
... mind. In Discourses on Davila, however, we are in the world that Shakespeare put on the stage, what our contemporary theorists call the society of the spectacle. In such a world “attractions command the notice and attention of the ...
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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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