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The Truth of the Christian Religion with Jean Le Clerc’s Notes and Additions
by Hugo Grotius
/ Learn MoreGrotius’s The Truth of the Christian Religion was first published in Leiden in 1627 in Latin. Written in plain and direct language for his countrymen, this short work aimed to show those who would encounter pagans, Muslims, and Jews that the Christian religion was the true revealed religion. In addition to “fortifying” the beliefs of his fellow Christians, the treatise…
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Twilight of Authority
by Robert Nisbet
/ Learn More“We had thought, or our forefathers had, that modern liberal democracy would be spared the kind of erosion and decay that both Plato and Aristotle declared endemic in all forms of state. Now we are not so sure.” So wrote Robert Nisbet in the first edition of Twilight of Authority, published by Oxford University Press in 1975. “The centralization and,…
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Two Books of the Elements of Universal Jurisprudence
by Samuel Pufendorf
/ Learn MoreTwo Books of the Elements of Universal Jurisprudence was Pufendorf’s first work, published in 1660. Its appearance effectively inaugurated the modern natural-law movement in the German-speaking world, establishing Pufendorf as a key figure and laying the foundations for his later major works. Samuel Pufendorf (1632–1694) taught natural law and was court historian in both Germany and Sweden. Thomas Behme is…
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Tyranny Unmasked
by John Taylor of Caroline
/ Learn MoreJohn Taylor of Caroline (1753–1824) was one of the foremost philosophers of the States’ rights Jeffersonians of the early national period. In keeping with his lifelong mission as a “minority man,” John Taylor wrote Tyranny Unmasked not only to assault the protective tariff and the mercantilist policies of the times but also “to examine general principles in relation to commerce,…
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The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science
by Ludwig von Mises
/ Learn MoreIn this volume, Mises argued that economics is a science because human action is a natural order of life and that it is the actions of humans that determine markets and capital decisions. Since Mises believed these links could be proven scientifically, he concluded that economics, with its basis on that human action, is indeed a science in its own…
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Union and Liberty
by John C. Calhoun
/ Learn MoreCalhoun’s most important constitutional and political writings are now available as complete, unabridged texts and in a single volume, many for the first time since the 1850s. These writings address such issues as states’ rights and nullification, slavery, the growth of the Federal judicial power, and Calhoun’s doctrine of the “concurrent majority.” Ross M. Lence was Professor of Political Science…
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Universal Economics
by Armen A. Alchian and William R. Allen
/ Learn More“No one has ever done price theory better than Alchian—that is, no one has ever excelled Alchian’s ability to explain the reason, role, and nuances of prices, of competition, and of property rights. And only a precious few—I can count them on my fingers—have a claim for being considered to have done price theory as well as he did it.”…
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View of the Constitution of the United States
by St. George Tucker
/ Learn MoreSt. George Tucker’s View of the Constitution, published in 1803, was the first extended, systematic commentary on the United States Constitution after its ratification. Generations learned their Blackstone and their understanding of the Constitution through Tucker. Clyde N. Wilson is Professor of History and editor of The Papers of John C. Calhoun at the University of South Carolina.
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Vindicacion de la sociedad natural
by Edmund Burke
/ Learn MoreEdición de Frank N. Pagano Traducción de Javier Alcoriza, Antonio Lastra La Vindicación de la sociedad natural, publicada anónimamente en 1756, señala el principio de la carrera literaria de Edmund Burke (1729–1797). En esta obra, el futuro adversario de los derechos del hombre y defensor de los derechos de los ingleses advierte los efectos de los pensadores de la Ilustración…
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A Vindication of Natural Society
by Edmund Burke
/ Learn MoreThis is a new edition of Edmund Burke’s first work, originally issued anonymously in 1756 as a letter attributed to “a late noble writer.” In 1757 Burke produced a revised version with a new preface but still did not attach his name to the work. This Liberty Fund edition is based on the 1757 revision. The Vindication is a political…
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Vindiciae Gallicae and Other Writings on the French Revolution
by James Mackintosh
/ Learn MoreVindiciae Gallicae was James Mackintosh’s first major publication, a contribution to the debate begun by Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France. The success of Mackintosh’s defense of the French Revolution propelled him into the heart of London Whig circles. Following the September 1792 massacres Mackintosh, along with other moderate Whigs, revised his opinions and moved closer to Burke’s…
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Virginia Political Economy
by Gordon Tullock
/ Learn MoreEditor Charles Rowley calls Gordon Tullock “an economist by nature rather than by training.” Tullock attended a one-semester course in economics for law students at the University of Chicago but is otherwise self-taught. Tullock’s background has enabled him to analyze economic problems with an open mind and to deploy his formidable intellect in a truly entrepreneurial manner. Virginia Political Economy…
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