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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... principles of liberty and equality. It took the U.S. Constitution, which Adams defended, to realize and protect such principles. Jefferson was chosen to write the Declaration because of his reputation for unsurpassed felicity in dealing ...
... principles of liberty and equality. It took the U.S. Constitution, which Adams defended, to realize and protect such principles. Jefferson was chosen to write the Declaration because of his reputation for unsurpassed felicity in dealing ...
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... Principles or we shall repent of all our Conduct. However the good Sense and Integrity of the Majority of the great Body of the People, came into my thoughts for my relief, and the last resources was after all in a good Providence. How ...
... Principles or we shall repent of all our Conduct. However the good Sense and Integrity of the Majority of the great Body of the People, came into my thoughts for my relief, and the last resources was after all in a good Providence. How ...
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... principles” on which a republic was founded. Republicanism did share one idea with Christianity, a distrust of wealth and of the rise of commerce and trade. Christianity taught that an excess of money deflects the true spiritual ...
... principles” on which a republic was founded. Republicanism did share one idea with Christianity, a distrust of wealth and of the rise of commerce and trade. Christianity taught that an excess of money deflects the true spiritual ...
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... principles of prudence, temperance, and fortitude, and even the Christian concept, “so much more sublime,” observed Adams, of Jonathan Edwards's Calvinist ethic of “universal benevolence.” The one concept of virtue that troubled Adams ...
... principles of prudence, temperance, and fortitude, and even the Christian concept, “so much more sublime,” observed Adams, of Jonathan Edwards's Calvinist ethic of “universal benevolence.” The one concept of virtue that troubled Adams ...
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... 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 looked to institutions to deal with conflict, whereas Tocqueville demonstrated that ...
... 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 looked to institutions to deal with conflict, whereas Tocqueville demonstrated that ...
Inhalt
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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