This work sets forth Pufendorf's basis for the reunion of the Lutheran and Calvinist confessions. This attempt to seek a "conciliation" between... Læs mere
These sermons were delivered in 1645-46 at the chapel of Emmanuel College of Cambridge University. They... Læs mere
Though little known today, David Fordyce was one of the leading figures of the outburst of... Læs mere
George Turnbull, one of the earliest of the authors in the Scottish tradition, presents natural-law theory on a... Læs mere
Advocates an educational system based strictly on private and voluntary institutions.
Addresses the American situation in education, applying the lessons learned from the study of British institutions. It also broadens their application... Læs mere
David Humphreys' biography of Israel Putnam was originally published in 1788. All the episodes of the Revolution are retold - Bunker Hill, the Battle of White Plains, the crossing of the Delaware, the Battle of Princeton - but from the perspective of one who was there throughout.
Contains twenty-nine papers on aspects of public-expenditure theory, grouped into these major subject categories: public services and collective action,... Læs mere
This considerable volume in Hutcheson's vast work addresses the nature of human nature. Hutcheson is here engaged in a process of defining terms on which social, political and economic liberty could be justified in light of centuries of rule by various tyrants and monarchs.