ESSAYS IN RELIGION, POLITICS, AND MORALITY (Selected Writings of Lord Acton)

DALBERG-ACTON, JOHN EMERICH E

ISBN 10: 0865970513 / ISBN 13: 9780865970519

Published by Liberty Fund, 1988

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Synopsis:

Focuses on the intersection of religion with moral and political issues. Also included are three important essays: Human Sacrifice; George Eliot's Life; and Buckle's Philosophy of History. The last section is composed of nearly two hundred pages of excerpts from Acton's remarkable letters and unpublished notes.

About the Author: H B Acton (1908-1974) taught at Bedford College (London), the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Chicago; was editor of Philosophy, the influential journal of the British Royal Institute of Philosophy; and wrote, among other books, The Morals of Markets (1971; Liberty Fund, 1993) and The Philosophy of Language in Revolutionary France (1959).

Bibliographic Details

Title: ESSAYS IN RELIGION, POLITICS, AND MORALITY (...
Publisher: Liberty Fund
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: paperback
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition.