Eighteenth-Century Commonwealthman: Studies in the Transmission, Development, and Circumstance of English Liberal Thought from the Restoration of Charles II Until the War With the thrirt

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Summary: Seeking to better understand the philosophical tenets
Review: First published in 1959, The Eighteenth-Century Common-Wealthman by the late Caroline Robbins (1903-1999) is an expertly compiled history of the men whose writings espoused the principles of liberty in eras bygone (the late seventeenth century down to the end of the eighteenth century), when such drastic political changes were considered dangerous at best. Seeking to better understand the philosophical tenets of ideas that would come to form the core of Western democratic government, The Eighteenth-Century Common-Wealthman offers a unique and seminal study of both the principles and the human beings who so eloquently communicated them, and were responsible for bringing about great political changes toward personal freedom and liberty in the irresistible tides of history.