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  • Common Sense
    Thomas Paine
        Among the most influential authors and reformers of his age, Thomas Paine (1737–1809) was born in England but went on to play an important role in both the American and French Revolutions. In 1774, he emigrated to America where, for a time, he helped to edit the Pennsylvania Magazine. On January 10, 1776, he published his pamphlet Common Sense, a persuasive argument for the...
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    14,51 €

  • The Journal of John Woolman
    John Woolman
    The famous journal of John Woolman is a historic text which emblematically details the life of a Quaker missionary preaching against slavery in North America during the 18th century.This unabridged edition of the journal contains all eleven chapters, taking us through the memorable life of the spiritual and intrepid John Woolman, a Quaker who took it upon himself to spread the ...
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    8,66 €

  • Paradise Regained
    John Milton
    Milton composed Paradise Regained at his cottage in Chalfont St Giles in Buckinghamshire. Paradise Regained is four books long and comprises 2,065 lines; in contrast, Paradise Lost is twelve books long and comprises 10,565 lines. As such, Barbara K. Lewalski has labelled the work a "brief epic".Whereas Paradise Lost is ornate in style and decorative in its verse, Paradise Regai...
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    24,61 €

  • Ruins of the Palace of Emperor Diocletian
    Robert Adam
    Emperor Diocletian’s palace is a historic marvel – this book and its sketches, published by architect Robert Adam in the 1760s, aided the rediscovery of this Ancient Roman treasure.Illustrative of late-Roman architecture, Diocletian’s palace was comprised of a military garrison; two temples; flower and vegetable gardens; servant, guest, dining and living quarters; large storage...
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    11,35 €

  • On the Social Contract
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau / G. D. H. Cole / GDHCole
    Unabridged English reproduction of On The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and translated by G. D. H. Cole.  It’s publication in 1762 lead to great discussion about 'what is government?' on both sides of the Atlantic, and is still essential reading today. ...
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    15,34 €

  • A Vindication of the Government of New England Churches
    John Wise
    John Wise’s appraisal of church governance in Massachusetts during the early 1700s offers deep insight into the religious and political thinking of the era.Wise sought to evaluate how and whether the churches of New England conformed to the principles set out by the English royal charter of 1630. Since the entire communities were built from scratch as colonies, with most coloni...
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    12,27 €

  • A Vindication of the Government of New England Churches
    John Wise
    John Wise’s appraisal of church governance in Massachusetts during the early 1700s offers deep insight into the religious and political thinking of the era.Wise sought to evaluate how and whether the churches of New England conformed to the principles set out by the English royal charter of 1630. Since the entire communities were built from scratch as colonies, with most coloni...
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    24,46 €

  • A Discourse Upon The Origin And The Foundation Of The Inequality Among Mankind
    Jean Jacques Rousseau
    A Discourse Upon The Origin And The Foundation Of The Inequality Among Mankind is a classic political science text on the subjects of natural law and equality by the great French wrter and philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau."'Tis of man I am to speak; and the very question, in answer to which I am to speak of him, sufficiently informs me that I am going to speak to men; for ...
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    12,82 €

  • A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
    Mary Wollstonecraft
    A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (1792), written by the 18th-century British proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. In it, Wollstonecraft responds to those educational and political theorists of the 18th century who did not believe women should receive a rational education. Sh...
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    17,42 €

  • A Dictionary of the English Language, Volume I (in two volumes)
    Samuel Johnson
    'Dictionaries are like watches: the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.' -Samuel Johnson, Johnson: Letter to Fransesco Sastres (1784)A Dictionary of the English Language Volume I (1825), originally published in 1755, was the first dictionary in the English language to provide detailed definitions and is still widely used to define the me...
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    61,48 €

  • A Dictionary of the English Language, Volume II (in two volumes)
    Samuel Johnson
    'Dictionaries are like watches: the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.' -Samuel Johnson, Johnson: Letter to Fransesco Sastres (1784)A Dictionary of the English Language Volume II (1825), originally published in 1755, was the first dictionary in the English language to provide detailed definitions and is still widely used to define the m...
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    61,52 €

  • Freedom of the Will
    JONATHAN EDWARDS
    Jonathan Edwards was a leading Christian revivalist of the 18th century: in this book, he explains how God repairs and redeems the flaws of humankind by being an extension of the human being’s free will.A superb and evocative treatise, Edwards draws on his knowledge of both theology and philosophy to deliver a convincing examination of the human soul. Many poignant questions ab...
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    9,48 €


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