Richard Price as moral philosopher and political theorist
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Richard Price as moral philosopher and political theorist
(Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century / edited by Theodore Besterman, 207)
Voltaire Foundation at the Taylor Institution, 1982
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Richard Price, théoricien de la révolution américaine
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Translation of: Richard Price, théoricien de la révolution americaine
Bibliography: p. [149]-156
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part 1. Biographical introduction
Preliminary remarks
1. In search of a critical philosophy
2. Sociological theories and practical achievements
3. Political activity
4. Completion of the theories
Conclusion
Part 2. The moral philosopher
Introduction
1. Moral ideas as primary ideas: necessary truths
2. From necessary truths to the divine Being
3. The relations between the elements of the moral law
4. From theoretical law to action and to judgement in particular cases
5. Reason and feeling as faculties of moral action
Conclusion
Part 3. The political theorist
Introduction
1. The theorist of the American Revolution
2. The defender of the French Revolution
General conclusion
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Notes
Index
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