Price: Political Writings (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521409698)

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.

Author: Richard Price
ISBN-10: 0521409691
ISBN-13: 9780521409698
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/31/1992
Pages: 236
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.44w x 0.58d