ESSAYS ON LIBERTY, DEMOCRACY & REVOLUTION: A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH

by Richard Price

Overview

Easier-to-read current language versions of the classic 18th century liberal tracts

CONTENTS

Editorial foreword

1. The Nature of Civil Liberty

2. The Importance of the American Revolution

3. The Love of Our Country

Product Details

BN ID:	2940185662618
Publisher:	Industrial Systems Research
Publication date:	05/25/2022
Series:	Liberal studies
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	256 KB

About the Author

Richard Price (1723-1791) was a Fellow of the Royal Society, a Nonconformist minister, and a distinguished mathematician. He was also a prominent member of the London Revolution Society set up to celebrate and spread the ideals of the Glorious Revolution and Bill of Rights of 1688-89. His friends included Benjamin Franklin, David Hume, William Pitt, Lord Shelburne, and members of the American Congress. He addressed Congress in 1778 and received (with George Washington) an honorary doctorate from Yale in 1781.

Hometown:

New York, New York

Date of Birth:

October 12, 1949

Place of Birth:

Bronx, New York

Education:

B.A., Cornell University, 1971; M.F.A., Columbia University