Society
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Chapters on Socialism
mill, John StuartDuke Classics 2021The concept of socialism has gotten a lot of negative press in recent years, but few of those who throw this term around with impunity have a keen understanding of what it actually...
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The Path of the Law
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.Duke Classics 2022The Path of the Law is a short essay by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., an American jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932. A cornerstone of his...
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John Stuart Mill : His Life and Works, Twelve Sketches by Distinguished Authors
Spencer, Herbert; Fawcett, Henry; Harrison, FredericDuke Classics 2021John Stuart Mill: His Life and Works is a collection of twelve biographical and philosophical sketches written by Herbert Spencer, Henry Fawcett, Frederic Harrison and other author...
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Civil Disobedience : Resistance to Civil Government
Thoreau, Henry DavidDuke Classics 2022Thoreau wrote Civil Disobedience in 1849. It argues the superiority of the individual conscience over acquiescence to government. Thoreau was inspired to write in response to slave...
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The Soul of Man under Socialism
Wilde, OscarDuke Classics 2022The Soul of Man under Socialism is an 1891 essay by Oscar Wilde. Wilde puts forth the argument that within a capitalist system "the majority of people spoil their lives by an unhea...
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The History of the Thirty Years' War : Volume I
Schiller, FriedrichDuke Classics 2022Tensions between Catholic and Protestant factions of the Roman Empire erupted into what became know as the Thirty Years' War in 1618. German poet, historian, philosopher and dramat...
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The Communist Manifesto
Marx, Karl; Engels, FriedrichDuke Classics 2022Commonly known as The Communist Manifesto, the Manifesto of the Communist Party (in German "Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei") has been one of the most influential political doc...
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Common Sense
Paine, ThomasDuke Classics 2022When Thomas Paine first anonymously published his series of pamphlets titles Common Sense they became an overnight success. First released in 1776 at the height of the American Rev...
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Considerations on Representative Government
mill, John StuartDuke Classics 2021The classic liberal philosopher of nineteenth century England, John Stuart Mill, used Considerations on Representative Government to call for reforms to Parliament and voting, call...
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The Politics of Aristotle : A Treatise on Government
AristotleDuke Classics 2022The Politics of Aristotle is the second part of a treatise of which the Ethics is the first. It looks back to the Ethics as the Ethics looks forward to the Politics, as Aristotle d...
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U. S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses from Washington to Obama
Walsh, Sheila; Meberg, Marilyn; Swindoll, Luci; Clairmont, Patsy; Patti, SandyDuke Classics 2022A collection of US inauguration speeches from Washington to Obama. At the beginning of a term each new President of the United States delivers their inauguration speech to the nati...
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Anarchism and Other Essays
Goldman, EmmaDuke Classics 2022Anarchism & Other Essays, published in 1911, is the work of feminist anarchist Emma Goldman. Anarchism is a political philosophy which believes that government, or a governing body...
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Utopia : On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia
More, Sir ThomasDuke Classics 2023Sir Thomas More wrote Utopia in 1516 in Latin. His Utopia is a fictional island, whose society, religion and politics he explores. Critics do not believe that the island depicted M...
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Utilitarianism
Mill, John StuartDuke Classics 2022Utilitarianism is philosopher John Stuart Mill's defense and advocacy of utilitarian ethics. First appearing in three magazine articles, this essay was first gathered into a single...
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Unto This Last
Ruskin, JohnDuke Classics 2022Unto This Last is an essay on economy by John Ruskin, critical of the 18th and 19th century capitalist economists. When first published as four magazine articles in 1860 they were,...
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The Prince
Machiavelli, NiccoloDuke Classics 2022Il Principe (The Prince) is the famous text by Florentine public servant Niccolo Machiavelli, in which he outlines the best strategy by which a prince can acquire, maintain and pro...
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The Idea of Progress : An Inquiry Into Its Origin and Growth
Bury, J. B.Duke Classics 2021"We may believe in the doctrine of Progress or we may not, but in either case it is a matter of interest to examine the origins and trace the history of what is now, even should it...
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Areopagitica : A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England
Milton, JohnDuke Classics 2022Areopagitica: A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England is John Milton's famous tract against censorship. Published in 1644, Areopagitica is name...