9780865971943 - Letwin, S: Pursuit of Certainty: David Hume, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Beatrice Webb von Letwin, Shirley Robin (6 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Corners slightly bumped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vi, 391 pages : portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; Decorated endpapers. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; pt. I. David Hum: pagan virtues and profane politics -- pt. II. Jeremy Bentham: liberty and logic -- pt. III. John Stuart Mill: from puritanism to sociology -- pt. IV. Beatrice Webb: science and the apotheosis of politics. Subjects; Hume, David 1711-1776. Bentham, Jeremy 1748-1832. Mill, John Stuart 1806-1873. Webb, Beatrice 1858-1943. Political science Great Britain History. Political science History & Theory. 3 Kg.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. Num Pages: 454 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 848. . 1998. y First edition thus. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorShirley Robin Letwin (1924-1993) was a Professor of Political and Legal Philosophy at Harvard, Cambridge, and the London School of Economics.KlappentextrnrnBy examining the thought of four semina.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - By examining the thought of four seminal thinkers, Shirley Robin Letwin in The Pursuit of Certainty provides a brilliant record of the gradual change in the English-speaking peoples' understanding of 'what sort of activity politics is.' As Letwin writes, 'the distinctive political issue since the eighteenth century has been whether government should do more or less.' Nor, as many historians argue, did this issue arise because of the Industrial Revolution or 'new social conditions [that] aggravated the problem of poverty' but, Letwin believes, because of the 'profoundly personal reflection' of major thinkers, including Hume, Bentham, Mill, and Webb. David Hume, for example, believed that to 'reach for perfection, to seek an ideal, is noble, but dangerous, and is therefore an activity that individuals or voluntary groups may pursue, but governments certainly should not.'.