Richard Price Price: Political Writings (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Further DetailsTitle: Price: Political WritingsCondition: NewEAN: 9780521409698ISBN: 9780521409698Publisher: Cambridge University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/31/1992Description: Richard Price (1723-1791) was an eminent Welsh philosopher and Dissenting Minister. His political pamphlets won him considerable fame in the eighteenth century as a supporter of the American rebels in their struggle for independence, and for the enthusiasm with which he greeted the opening events of the French Revolution. It was this enthusiasm which provoked Edmund Burke into writing Reflections on the Revolution in France. Price is noteworthy as a defender of freedom of thought (especially on religious matters), as a proponent of parliamentary reform, and as an advocate of a minimalist conception of government. He espoused the doctrine of natural rights and the principle of self-government. This 1992 book is a collection of Price's most important pamphlets of the period 1759–89, and is accompanied by a comprehensive introduction putting Price's work in context, complete bibliographical material, a chronology, and biographical notes on persons mentioned in the texts.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmItem Width: 14mmItem Weight: 300gAuthor: Richard PriceContributor: D. O. Thomas (Edited by)Genre: Society & CultureTopic: Philosophy & SpiritualityBook Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political ThoughtRelease Year: 1992

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