Description: Almost a generation before George Washington, Patrick Henry, and Thomas Jefferson were even born, two Englishmen, concealing their identities with the honored ancient name of Cato, wrote newspaper articles condemning tyranny and advancing principles of liberty that immensely influenced American colonists. The Englishmen were John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon. The two-volume hardcover set here is subtitled "Essays on Liberty, Civil and Religious, and Other Important Subjects. Published by the Liberty Fund, Indianapolis, 1995. The letters exercised a profound influence on the arguments put forward by American colonists in their struggles with the British crown.The American Founders praised the essays for its arguments that, among numerous other ideals, liberty is the unalienable right of all mankind. One of the letters defined liberty as “the power which every man has over his own actions, and his right to enjoy the fruit of his labour, art, and industry, as far as by it he hurts not the society, or any members of it, by taking from any member, or by hindering him from enjoying what he himself enjoys.” Clean, solid, very lightly used -- may be unread. Satin ribbon page markers, decorative end papers, no dust jacket, likely as issued. SHIPS IN A BOX WITH PACKING.
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Publication Year: 1995
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Book Title: "Cato's Letters"
Author: John Trenchard, Thomas Gordon; edited by Ronald Hamowy
Publisher: The Liberty Fund
Genre: History
Topic: Political thought; liberty
