H B Acton

Selected Writings of Lord Acton, Volumes 1-3 -- Essays in the History of Liberty / Essays in the Study & Writing of History / Essays in Religion, Politics, & Morality

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Volume 1: The unifying theme of these essays is Lord Acton's concept of liberty. Included are his two famous essays on the history of freedom (The History of Freedom in Antiquity; and The History of Freedom in Christianity) as are writings on the tradition of liberty in England, America, and Europe. Volume 2 brings together Acton's distinguished writings on history. Included is his famous Inaugural Lecture at Cambridge: The Study of History. Writing on many diverse topics, Acton argues that history demonstrates progress and unity through the story of liberty and that the study of history should be impartial, based on archival research, and fo… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-0-86597-330-5
EAN: 9780865973305
Produktnummer: 14051843
Verlag: Liberty Fund Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
Seitenangabe: 1965 S.
Masse: H31.5 cm x B25.8 cm x D12.1 cm 3'391 g
Gewicht: 3391

Über den Autor

H B Acton (1908-1974) taught at Bedford College (London), the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Chicago; was editor of Philosophy, the influential journal of the British Royal Institute of Philosophy; and wrote, among other books, The Morals of Markets (1971; Liberty Fund, 1993) and The Philosophy of Language in Revolutionary France (1959).