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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... scientific method to search for effective government that would preserve liberty . Quite sim- ply , Quentin Taylor has brought a breath of fresh air to the study of what had become a rather stuffy discussion among a handful of learned ...
... scientific method to search for effective government that would preserve liberty . Quite sim- ply , Quentin Taylor has brought a breath of fresh air to the study of what had become a rather stuffy discussion among a handful of learned ...
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... SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION'S enormous impact on traditional patterns of thought and culture is cer- tainly among the most profound developments in the course of Western Civilization . Today , centuries after the first great discoveries , the ...
... SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION'S enormous impact on traditional patterns of thought and culture is cer- tainly among the most profound developments in the course of Western Civilization . Today , centuries after the first great discoveries , the ...
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... scientific basis appear quaint.2 By the second half of the eighteenth century , however , many admirers of the scientific method had become more mindful of its limits when di- rectly applied to man and society . In the seventeenth ...
... scientific basis appear quaint.2 By the second half of the eighteenth century , however , many admirers of the scientific method had become more mindful of its limits when di- rectly applied to man and society . In the seventeenth ...
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... scientific movement , and by emulating scientific method . The philosophes were eminently impressed by the discovery that the world ( and perhaps everything in it ) obeyed a set of basic natural laws . The universe was not only ...
... scientific movement , and by emulating scientific method . The philosophes were eminently impressed by the discovery that the world ( and perhaps everything in it ) obeyed a set of basic natural laws . The universe was not only ...
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... scientific " attitude . More specifically , their contribution centered on the application of " reason " to such disparate spheres as reli- gion , government , ethics , education , and economics . These too could be rendered ...
... scientific " attitude . More specifically , their contribution centered on the application of " reason " to such disparate spheres as reli- gion , government , ethics , education , and economics . These too could be rendered ...
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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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