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The Principles of Moral and Christian Philosophy
George Turnbull
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
"The Principles of Moral and Christian Philosophy" presents the first masterpiece of Scottish Common Sense philosophy. This two-volume treatise is important for its wide range of insights about the nature of the human mind, the foundations of morals, and the relationship between morality and religion. In order to understand the Enlightenment in
The Whole Duty of Man, According to the Law of Nature
Samuel Pufendorf
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
Samuel Pufendorf's seminal work, The Whole Duty of Man, According to the Law of Nature (first published in Latin in 1673), was among the first to suggest a purely conventional basis for natural law. Rejecting scholasticism’s metaphysical theories, Pufendorf found the source of natural law in humanity’s need to cultivate sociability. At the
Two Books of the Elements of Universal Jurisprudence
Samuel Pufendorf
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
Two Books of the Elements of Universal Jurisprudence was Pufendorf’s first work, published in 1660. Its appearance effectively inaugurated the modern natural-law movement in the German-speaking world. The work also established Pufendorf as a key figure and laid the foundations for his major works, which were to sweep across Europe and North
The Present State of Germany
Samuel Pufendorf
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
Although The Present State of Germany was first made available in English over three centuries ago, it has been virtually unavailable in English since the period of the American Founding.
By 1696, Pufendorf was well known in England as a staunch defender of the Protestant cause and as one of the renovators of natural law. His writings were
Of the Nature and Qualification of Religion in Reference to Civil Society
Samuel Pufendorf
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
Samuel Pufendorf’s Of the Nature and Qualification of Religion (published in Latin in 1687) is a major work on the separation of politics and religion. Written in response to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by the French king Louis XIV, Pufendorf contests the right of the sovereign to control the religion of his subjects, because state and
The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks
John Millar
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
"The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks" is one of the major products of the Scottish Enlightenment and a masterpiece of jurisprudence and social theory. Building on David Hume, Adam Smith, and their respective natural histories of man, John Millar developed a progressive account of the nature of authority in society by analyzing changes in
The Making of Tocqueville's "Democracy in America"
James T. Schleifer
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
It is impossible fully to understand the American experience apart from Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America. Moreover, it is impossible fully to appreciate Tocqueville by assuming that he brought to his visitation to America, or to the writing of his great work, a fixed philosophical doctrine. James T. Schleifer documents where, when, and
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
First published in 1776, the year in which the American Revolution officially began, Smith's Wealth of Nations sparked a revolution of its own. In it Smith analyzes the major elements of political economy, from market pricing and the division of labor to monetary, tax, trade, and other government policies that affect economic behavior. Throughout
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
First published in 1776, the year in which the American Revolution officially began, Smith's Wealth of Nations sparked a revolution of its own. In it Smith analyzes the major elements of political economy, from market pricing and the division of labor to monetary, tax, trade, and other government policies that affect economic behavior. Throughout
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