Andrew Fletcher: Political WorksCambridge University Press, 9. 10. 1997 - 243 strán (strany) This is the first complete modern edition of the political works of Andrew Fletcher (1655-1716), one of the most acute observers of the European political order of his time and an important forerunner of the Scottish Enlightenment. Famous for his opposition to the Union with England in 1707, he viewed the problems of his own country in the light of a much broader knowledge of European affairs. His writings illustrate the long influence of Machiavelli on European political thought, and illuminates the major themes of the Enlightenment. |
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Acknowledgements | vii |
Introduction | ix |
Chronology of Fletchers life | xxxi |
Bibliographical guide | xxxv |
Biographical notes | xli |
A note on the text and the edition | xlix |
A DISCOURSE of GOVERNMENT With relation to MILITIAS | l |
THE POLITICAL WORKS of ANDREW FLETCHER Esq | li |
Written in the Year 1698 | 33 |
Written in the month of July 1698 | 83 |
In April 1701 | 118 |
Which Began at Edinburgh the 6th of May 1703 | 129 |
From London the first of December 1703 | 175 |
List of variants | 216 |
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