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Cato's Letters or Essays on Liberty, Civil and Religious, and Other Important Subjects : Four Volumes in Two - Softcover
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Almost a generation before Washington, Henry, and 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. Their prototype was Cato the Younger (95–46 B.C.), the implacable foe of Julius Caesar and a champion of liberty and republican principles. Their 144 essays were published from 1720 to 1723, originally in the London Journal, later in the British Journal. Subsequently collected as Cato's Letters, these "Essays on Liberty, Civil and Religious" became, as Clinton Rossiter has remarked, "the most popular, quotable, esteemed source of political ideas in the colonial period."
This new two-volume edition offers minimally modernized versions of the letters from the four-volume sixth edition printed in London in 1755.
Ronald Hamowy is Professor of History at the University of Alberta, Edmonton.
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John Trenchard C.Ss.R. is a Redemptorist with wide pastoral experience. He was ordained priest in 1971 and has led Parish Missions and Retreats throughout his priestly life. He worked with Redemptorist Publications for a number of years before being appointed their Publishing Director in 1981. During that time he wrote or co-wrote some of Redemptorist Publications outstanding titles. In 1987 he became a Parish Priest in the Westminster Diocese. He was elected as Redemptorist Provincial in England in 1997. Having served for nine years as Provincial he now returns to the role of Parish Priest, in London.
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Trenchard and Gordon's arrangement of the Roman statesman's epistles was first published in four volumes in 1755. In addition to the text of the letters, this edition contains a publishing history and notes on the text. For scholarly collections.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherLiberty Fund
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0865971293
- ISBN 13 9780865971295
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages1064
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