The Portable John AdamsIn 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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... observed. So voluminous were his writings, often composed at the pitch of passion, that he once exclaimed: “My hand ... observation by Thomas Jefferson brought forth a flow of arguments and counter-thoughts from Adams, and from French ...
... observed. So voluminous were his writings, often composed at the pitch of passion, that he once exclaimed: “My hand ... observation by Thomas Jefferson brought forth a flow of arguments and counter-thoughts from Adams, and from French ...
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... observed Adams, of Jonathan Edwards's Calvinist ethic of “universal benevolence.” The one concept of virtue that troubled Adams was Montesquieu's notion that the individual could undergo “a renouncement of the self” for the sake of the ...
... observed Adams, of Jonathan Edwards's Calvinist ethic of “universal benevolence.” The one concept of virtue that troubled Adams was Montesquieu's notion that the individual could undergo “a renouncement of the self” for the sake of the ...
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... observed that “a free people are the most addicted to luxury of any.” Although he saw the advent of the wealth of society as progressive, he also feared that a “mania for money” would become a nation's obsession to the neglect of more ...
... observed that “a free people are the most addicted to luxury of any.” Although he saw the advent of the wealth of society as progressive, he also feared that a “mania for money” would become a nation's obsession to the neglect of more ...
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... observed rather than what was known; what you see is what you get. Centuries earlier Machiavelli anticipated this spectatorial turn wherein the visual replaced any vestige of the intellectual. “Men on the whole judge more with their ...
... observed rather than what was known; what you see is what you get. Centuries earlier Machiavelli anticipated this spectatorial turn wherein the visual replaced any vestige of the intellectual. “Men on the whole judge more with their ...
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John Adams. the notice and attention of the public,” Adams observed; “they draw the eyes of spectators.” Although Adams was a president of the pen, he anticipated that modern politics would be about visual performance and images, and ...
John Adams. the notice and attention of the public,” Adams observed; “they draw the eyes of spectators.” Although Adams was a president of the pen, he anticipated that modern politics would be about visual performance and images, and ...
Contents
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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