The Oceana and his other works; som wherof are now first published from his own manuscripts. The whole collected, methodized and reviewed with An Exact Account of his Life

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In poor condition. Binding copy only. Front board is missing. First thirty pages are loose, but intact. Missing engraving on page XI and ballot engraving on p. 112. Foxing and toning throughout. Unmarked. Leather board that still exists needs repair. For additional photos regarding condition please do not hesitate to contact us. Please see photos. First published in 1656, Harrington ranks second to Hobbes as the most important political philosopher of the period. This is his famous political utopia and was patterned after the Republic of Venice and was considered by Hume in his essays to be the only valuable model of a commonwealth . The work exerted considerable influence, particularly in America, in the constitutions of the proprietary colonies of Carolina, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and in the American Revolution. The written constitution, the unlimited use of the elective principle and the separation of powers are all points which may have been derived directly from the Oceana, while all the minor points of machinery, rotation, checks and balances, popular ratifications, an special protection for he constitution seem to have been first formulated by Harrington. FORN-ABE-Shelf-563-variant. N° de ref. del artículo RAREB1700KMNA

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