Catherine II of Russia: The Grand Instructions to the Commissioners
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Catherine II of Russia: The Grand Instructions to the Commissioners
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Abstract
The Christian Law teaches us to do mutual Good to one another, as much as possibly we can. Laying this down as a fundamental Rule prescribed by that Religion, which has taken, or ought to take Root in the Hearts of the whole People; we cannot but suppose that every honest Man in the Community is, or will be, desirous of seeing his native Country at the very Summit of Happiness, Glory, Safety, and Tranquillity.
Contents
- The Enlightenment
- Kant and the Redemption of Enlightenment
- Rousseau and Radicalization
- From Locke to Jefferson
- English Bill of Rights
- John Locke: Second Treatise on Civil Government
- John Locke: An Essay on Human Understanding
- Charles de Montesquieu: The Spirit of Laws
- Voltaire: Candide
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Social Contract
- Voltaire: Philosophical Dictionary
- Catherine II of Russia: The Grand Instructions to the Commissioners
- Denis Diderot: Supplement to the Voyage of Bougainville
- American Declaration of Independence
- Immanuel Kant: “What Is Enlightenment?”
- Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
- Jeremy Bentham: An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
- Marquis de Condorcet: Outlines of an Historical View of the Progress of the Human Mind
- Thomas Malthus: An Essay on the Principle of Population
- David Ricardo: On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation