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Adam Ferguson's Essay on the History of Civil Society (first published in 1767) is a classic of the Scottish - and European - Enlightenment. Drawing on such diverse sources as classical authors and contemporary travel literature, Ferguson offers a complex model of historical advance which challenges both Hume's and Smith's embrace of modernity and ...
A guide to touring Europe by train, with suggested rail trips to outlying areas and points of interest from 24 base cities in 17 countries. Tips are given on keeping costs down, traveling light, conquering jet lag, exchanging currency, and languages. Current photos and detailed station and city maps.
The Revd Alexander Carlyle called this 'the book that did the most honour to any of the Scotch Philosophers'. It contains an outline of the course of lectures he followed throughout his teaching career and is based around the basic concerns of moral philosophy, human nature and the psychological theory of the individual.
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A philosopher and historian, Adam Ferguson occupies a unique place within eighteenth-century Scottish thought. A man of energy and verve, he made important contributions to social and moral theory, political philosophy and to the study of history. Reared in the highlands of Scotland, he lived most of his life in the enlightenment world of ...
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We seldom, however, reckon any task, which we are bound to perform, among the blessings of life. We always aim at a period of pure enjoyment, or a termination of trouble; and overlook the source from which most of our present satisfactions are really drawn. Ask the busy, where is the happiness to which they aspire? they will answer, perhaps, that ...
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ...
This Book Is In German. Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Suhrkamp-Verlag GmbH & Co. KG
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9783518577561ISBN:3518577565
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Editor Text in German. Briefly INSCRIBED by editor (Hans) on ffep. pp. 472. Text block is unmarked (no underlining or notations). Adam Ferguson (1723-1816) was a philosopher, proto-sociologist and historian in the Scottish Enlightenment. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Milner (Halifax)
Date Published: 1850
Description: Cover edges are worn especially the top of the spine that is cracked. Notes on front end page otherwise this volume is clean, tight and legible. Gold Edged Hardcover. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original Cloth
Publisher: William Blackwood
Date Published: 1833
Description: Fair with no dust jacket. Xv, (1), 379 pages. Brown cloth covers. Cloth split down centre of spine for entire length. 1/4" missing at head of spine. 1/2" chip at tail of spine. Cloth covers very rubbed and worn. Internally good. Pages clean. Owner's signature dated 1833 in pencil on front free endpaper. Some pencil notes on rear pastedown. Rear gutter cracked. Rear free endpaper missing. Minor foxing to endpapers. Dust damage to top page edges.; 12mo. read more
Publisher: Instituto de Estudios Politicos (Centro de Estudios Políticos y...
Date Published: 1974
Description: New. A Estrenar-New, Traducido de la cuarta edición inglesa, revisado y corregido por Juan Rincón Jurado. Prólogo de Graciela Soriano Madrid. Con el comienza la generalizacion a través de la experiencia, y así nace el pensamiento sociologico. 402 págs. CLASI. read more
Publisher: Instituto de Estudios Politicos (Centro de Estudios Políticos y...
Date Published: 1974
Description: New. A estrenar, Traducido de la cuarta edición inglesa, revisado y corregido por Juan Rincón Jurado. Prólogo de Graciela Soriano Madrid. Con el comienza la generalizacion a través de la experiencia, y así nace el pensamiento sociologico. 402 págs. CLASICOS PO. read more
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: William Blackwood
Date Published: 1833
Description: Fair. 17cm, 379p; we are describing a fair copy by listing the defects: intact but spine split at page 128/9, lacks ffep; shaken but still held on cords; dampstain on lower endpapers; stains on upper margin of four leaves from page 360; spine intact but label missing; in all, a great binding copy. read more
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The Essential Civil Society Reader: The Classic Essays
