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Letter to Charles Sumner (1864)

Spooner criticised Senator Sumner of Massachussetts for not being rigorous enough in his condemnation of the unconstitutionality of slavery. Like all politicians, according to Spooner, Sumner made too many compromises once he entered office.

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The Foundations of Modern Austrian Economics (1976)

A volume in the collection Studies in Economic Theory first published by the Institute for Humane Studies. This is a collection of papers given at a conference on Austrian economics in June 1974. They cover the uniqueness of the Austrian tradition, papers on praxeology and method, the history of Austrian school, capital theory, theory of money, inflation, and the market process. The papers are by: Edwin G. Dolan, “Austrian Economics as Extraordinary Science” Murray N. Rothbard, “Praxeology: The Methodology of Austrian Economics” Israel M. Kirzner, “On the Method of Austrian Economics” Murray N. Rothbard, “New Light on the Prehistory of the Austrian School” Israel M. Kirzner, “Philosophical and Ethical Implications of Austrian Economics” Murray N. Rothbard, “Praxeology, Value Judgments, and Public Policy” Israel M. Kirzner, “Equilibrium versus Market Process” Ludwig M. Lachmann, “On the Central Concept of Austrian Economics: Market Process” Israel M. Kirzner, “The Theory of Capital” Ludwig M. Lachmann, “On Austrian Capital Theory” Ludwig M. Lachmann, “Toward a Critique of Macroeconomics” Murray N. Rothbard, “The Austrian Theory of Money” Gerold P. O'Driscoll, Jr. and Sudha R. Shenoy, “Inflation, Recession, and Stagflation” Ludwig M. Lachmann, “Austrian Economics in the Age of the Neo-Ricardian Counterrevolution”

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On the Nature of Things

Lucretius expounds the Epicurian view that the world can be explained by the operation of material forces and natural laws and thus one should not fear the gods or death. He had a considerable influence on writers such as Montaigne.

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The Critique of Judgement

One of Kant’s major works of philosophy which were designed to place the discipline on a sound rational footing. This volume deals with aesthetic and teleological questions.

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Areopagitica (1644) (Jebb ed.)

An edition based upon Sir Richard Jebb’s lectures at Cambridge in 1872, with extensive notes and commentaries on this famous work: Milton’s famous defense of freedom of speech. It was a protest against Parliament’s ordinance to further restrict the freedom of print. Milton issued his oration in an unlicensed form and courageously put his own name, but not that of his printer, on the cover.

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