Author: Thomas BENNET (D.D.)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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On Schism. [An extract from “A Discourse of Schism.” Edited by Christopher Sidgwick?]
Author: Thomas BENNET (D.D.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 742
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The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975
Author: British Library
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
Author:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Hereditary Genius
Author: Sir Francis Galton
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Category : Genius
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Category : Genius
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
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Publisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
Book Description
The Happiness Philosophers
Author: Bart Schultz
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691154775
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
A colorful history of utilitarianism told through the lives and ideas of Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and its other founders In The Happiness Philosophers, Bart Schultz tells the colorful story of the lives and legacies of the founders of utilitarianism—one of the most influential yet misunderstood and maligned philosophies of the past two centuries. Best known for arguing that "it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong," utilitarianism was developed by the radical philosophers, critics, and social reformers William Godwin (the husband of Mary Wollstonecraft and father of Mary Shelley), Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart and Harriet Taylor Mill, and Henry Sidgwick. Together, they had a profound influence on nineteenth-century reforms, in areas ranging from law, politics, and economics to morals, education, and women's rights. Their work transformed life in ways we take for granted today. Bentham even advocated the decriminalization of same-sex acts, decades before the cause was taken up by other activists. As Bertrand Russell wrote about Bentham in the late 1920s, "There can be no doubt that nine-tenths of the people living in England in the latter part of last century were happier than they would have been if he had never lived." Yet in part because of its misleading name and the caricatures popularized by figures as varied as Dickens, Marx, and Foucault, utilitarianism is sometimes still dismissed as cold, calculating, inhuman, and simplistic. By revealing the fascinating human sides of the remarkable pioneers of utilitarianism, The Happiness Philosophers provides a richer understanding and appreciation of their philosophical and political perspectives—one that also helps explain why utilitarianism is experiencing a renaissance today and is again being used to tackle some of the world's most serious problems.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691154775
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
A colorful history of utilitarianism told through the lives and ideas of Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and its other founders In The Happiness Philosophers, Bart Schultz tells the colorful story of the lives and legacies of the founders of utilitarianism—one of the most influential yet misunderstood and maligned philosophies of the past two centuries. Best known for arguing that "it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong," utilitarianism was developed by the radical philosophers, critics, and social reformers William Godwin (the husband of Mary Wollstonecraft and father of Mary Shelley), Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart and Harriet Taylor Mill, and Henry Sidgwick. Together, they had a profound influence on nineteenth-century reforms, in areas ranging from law, politics, and economics to morals, education, and women's rights. Their work transformed life in ways we take for granted today. Bentham even advocated the decriminalization of same-sex acts, decades before the cause was taken up by other activists. As Bertrand Russell wrote about Bentham in the late 1920s, "There can be no doubt that nine-tenths of the people living in England in the latter part of last century were happier than they would have been if he had never lived." Yet in part because of its misleading name and the caricatures popularized by figures as varied as Dickens, Marx, and Foucault, utilitarianism is sometimes still dismissed as cold, calculating, inhuman, and simplistic. By revealing the fascinating human sides of the remarkable pioneers of utilitarianism, The Happiness Philosophers provides a richer understanding and appreciation of their philosophical and political perspectives—one that also helps explain why utilitarianism is experiencing a renaissance today and is again being used to tackle some of the world's most serious problems.
The Collected Papers of Frederic William Maitland, Downing Professor of the Laws of England
Author: Frederic William Maitland
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Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Selections from the Correspondence of the First Lord Acton
Author: John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton
Publisher: London : Longmans, Green
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Category : Catholics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Publisher: London : Longmans, Green
ISBN:
Category : Catholics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Rude Awakenings
Author: Sucitto
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0861714857
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Half down-and-dirty adventure and half inspirational memoir, this title documents an unusual pilgrimage taken by earthy scientist Nick Scott and fastidious Buddhist monk Ajahn Sucitto, who together retraced the Buddha's footsteps through India.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0861714857
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Half down-and-dirty adventure and half inspirational memoir, this title documents an unusual pilgrimage taken by earthy scientist Nick Scott and fastidious Buddhist monk Ajahn Sucitto, who together retraced the Buddha's footsteps through India.