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Price

Political Writings

By: Richard Price, D.O. Thomas (Editor)

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Published: 31st January 1992
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Richard Price (1723-1791) was an eminent Welsh philosopher and Dissenting Minister. His political pamphlets won him considerable fame in the eighteenth century as a supporter of the American rebels in their struggle for independence, and for the enthusiasm with which he greeted the opening events of the French Revolution. It was this enthusiasm that provoked Edmund Burke into writing "Reflections on the Revolution of France." Price is noteworthy as a defender of freedom of thought (especially on religious matters), as a proponent of parliamentary reform, and as an advocate of a minimalist conception of government. He espoused the doctrine of natural rights and the principle of self-government. This book is a collection of Price's most important pamphlets of the period 1759-1789, and is accompanied by a comprehensive introduction putting Price's work in context, complete bibliographical material, a chronology, and bibliographic notes on persons mentioned in the texts.

Introduction
Chronology
Bibliography
Biographical notes
A note on the texts and acknowledgements
Britain's happiness
Two tracts
General introduction
Observations on the nature of civil liberty
Additional observations
Fast Sermon
Observations on the importance of the American Revolution
The evidence for a future period of improvement in the state of mankind
A discourse on the love of our country
Index
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ISBN: 9780521401623
ISBN-10: 0521401623
Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 236
Published: 31st January 1992
Dimensions (cm): 21.6 x 13.8  x 1.7
Weight (kg): 0.45