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A Free Society Reader - Principles for the New Millennium (Hardcover): Michael Novak, William Brailsford, Cornelis Heesters A Free Society Reader - Principles for the New Millennium (Hardcover)
Michael Novak, William Brailsford, Cornelis Heesters; Foreword by Michael Novak; Contributions by Philippe Beneton, …
R4,422 Discovery Miles 44 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A Free Society Reader rises to the challenge of freedom in the twenty-first century, offering thoughts and insights with significant implications for citizens of today's brand new world. Our era's most prominent figures in the fields of Christianity and liberty speak about Pope John Paul II's vision of a free society, conceptualize Christianity and political economy, debate issues of democracy and the free society, and question the role of culture. Together for the first time in one volume, these preeminent thinkers provide inspiration and insight to scholars, students, and general readers charting the enormous changes the new millennium has seen.

The Kingdom Suffereth Violence - The Machiavelli / Erasmus / More Correspondence and Other Unpublished Documents (Hardcover):... The Kingdom Suffereth Violence - The Machiavelli / Erasmus / More Correspondence and Other Unpublished Documents (Hardcover)
Philippe Beneton, Paul Archambault
R771 Discovery Miles 7 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For five centuries, literary treasures had lain dormant in the archives of the Palazzo Tuttofare in Florence. Through a fortunate coincidence they have been recently discovered, and the present work is the result of this find. Contained herein, in fact, is the unedited correspondence - or presented as such - exchanged between Desiderius Erasmus, Thomas More, and Niccolo Machiavelli in 1517-1518. To these letters are added texts which serve, as it were, as annexes of the Prince and of the Utopia.Between these three illustrious writers the discussion, or the quarrel, bears chiefly on two themes: the art of governing on the one hand, and the art of writing on the other. As was to be expected, they battle over the best manner of governing: Erasmus and More on one side, Machiavelli on the other. The confrontation occurs on two terrains in particular: morality and necessity in politics, and the political forms of necessity. In the background of the quarrel is raised the problem of Christianity's political power, perhaps that of its truth.The second theme is not unrelated to the first. Erasmus, More, and Machiavelli are accomplished writers. Each has several styles at his command, each knows and practices the resources of the art of writing, each intends to read as he should. And so in the margins of their discussion about substance, they argue about the significance of their respective works; they interpret, rightly or wrongly, the others' manners of writing; they explain their own writing or dodge explanation, they deliver their secret or lead into error. What is at stake is the meaning of these enigmatic works, which are the Prince (1513), the Utopia (1516), and, to a lesser extent, the Praise of Folly (1511). Any lifting of the veil necessitates a golden rule: we cannot grasp the meaning of a work unless we grasp the manner in which it was written. In the case of Erasmus, More, and Machiavelli, cunning has a role to play. The author has taken a leaf from their book. "And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away." - Matthew 11:12

The Legacy of the French Revolution (Paperback, New): Ralph C. Hancock, Gary L. Lambert The Legacy of the French Revolution (Paperback, New)
Ralph C. Hancock, Gary L. Lambert; Contributions by Philippe Beneton, James Ceaser, L. Gary Lambert, …
R2,165 Discovery Miles 21 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This collection of essays by prominent American and French scholars explores the political, cultural, and social implications of the most fundamentally formative modern event, the French Revolution. The contributors contend that the vocabulary and spirit of the French Revolution has exercised greater influence on the modern world than the more moderate and by all appearances more successful American Revolution. The Legacy of the French Revolution delineates the distinctive characters of the American and French revolutions and analyzes the different variants of democratic political traditions that have evolved from this seminal event. This book will be of particular interest to political theorists, political historians, and students of democratic theory.

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