369 results for '"Bernard Mandeville'

Do snakes and salamanders fascinate you or make you squeamish? Have you ever listened closely to the birds chirping in your neighborhood? Can you identify the flowers growing in Philadelphia’s urban...

"We regard Mr. Holroyd with awe, as a prodigy among biographers."―The New York Times Book Review In a single-volume format, Michael Holroyd's masterpiece of a biography offers new verve and pace;...

The international publishing sensation is now available in the United States—two brilliant, controversial authors confront each other and their enemies in an unforgettable exchange of letters.In one...

L'aventure vécue de 1940 à 1945 par les membres de l'équipe d'Uriage _ quelques dizaines d'hommes et de femmes _ et partagée ou côtoyée par quelques centaines d'amis et collaborateurs a, depuis...

Review La Prise d'Ilion s'inscrit dans l'abondante littérature consacrée à Troie et dont Homère et les poèmes du cycle troyen forment le socle. C'est à ces sources que puise l'œuvre de...

Blending political, historical, and sociological analysis, Bernard S. Silberman offers a provocative explanation for the bureaucratic development of the modern state. The study of modern state...

Arthur Ganz. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 220-222.

The title of this book has been carefully chose. It does not pretentd to cover all aspects of melanism, but it draws attention to the importance of melanism to the survival of species in nature. In...

This study reconciles distinct aspects of Russell's thought long thought to be incompatible, the metaphysics of universals and facts from Russell's Logical Atomism period and the philosophical...

A history of the origins and ratification of the first ten amendments to the American Constitution combines an analysis of English antecedents with an argument that, in concept and form, they are...

This concise introduction to the economic theories of taxation is intuitive yet rigorous, relating the theories both to existing tax systems and to key empirical studies. The book offers a thorough...