The Essential Federalist: A New Reading of The Federalist PapersRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1998 M12 1 - 192 páginas Jefferson called The Federalist 'the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever written,' and yet the text is considered lifeless and impenetrable by all but the most persistent readers. The Essential Federalist presents a bold new approach to reading one of the most important documents in American history. By careful selection, organization, and annotation of the essays' most meaningful passages, this book showcases what is central to The Federalist. 'If the road over which you will still have to pass,' in reading these papers, wrote Publius, 'should in some places appear to you tedious or irksome, you will recollect that you are in quest of information on a subject the most momentous which can engage the attention of free people. . . . It will be my aim to remove the obstacles to your progress in as compendious a manner as it can be done, without sacrificing utility to dispatch.' Dr. Quentin P. Taylor takes up Publius' challenge by making The Federalist an understandable and usable resource. This book will be essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the roots of American government. |
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... Enlightenment that swept across Europe and played itself out in the New World as Americans used the new scientific method to search for effective government that would preserve liberty . Quite sim- ply , Quentin Taylor has brought a ...
... Enlightenment that swept across Europe and played itself out in the New World as Americans used the new scientific method to search for effective government that would preserve liberty . Quite sim- ply , Quentin Taylor has brought a ...
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... Science , more than any other factor , contributed to the West's " recovery of nerve . " 1 Intellectual Background : The Mature Enlightenment IN HINDSIGHT , many THE SCIENCE OF PUBLIUS: METHOD AND PRESCRIPTION IN The Federalist.
... Science , more than any other factor , contributed to the West's " recovery of nerve . " 1 Intellectual Background : The Mature Enlightenment IN HINDSIGHT , many THE SCIENCE OF PUBLIUS: METHOD AND PRESCRIPTION IN The Federalist.
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... Enlightenment IN HINDSIGHT , many of the early efforts to place such disciplines as meta- physics , ethics and politics on a strictly scientific basis appear quaint.2 By the second half of the eighteenth century , however , many ...
... Enlightenment IN HINDSIGHT , many of the early efforts to place such disciplines as meta- physics , ethics and politics on a strictly scientific basis appear quaint.2 By the second half of the eighteenth century , however , many ...
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... Enlightenment . The triumphs of science in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries — those of Copernicus , Galileo ... enlightened eighteenth century , that the European philosophes gained their reputation as pointed critics and scathing ...
... Enlightenment . The triumphs of science in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries — those of Copernicus , Galileo ... enlightened eighteenth century , that the European philosophes gained their reputation as pointed critics and scathing ...
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... Enlightenment thought were the common prop- erty of inhabitants on both sides of the Atlantic . Historically speaking , the main difference was that " the Old World imagined the Enlighten- ment and the New World realized it . The Old ...
... Enlightenment thought were the common prop- erty of inhabitants on both sides of the Atlantic . Historically speaking , the main difference was that " the Old World imagined the Enlighten- ment and the New World realized it . The Old ...
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The Essential Federalist: A New Reading of the Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton,James Madison,John Jay Vista previa limitada - 1998 |
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