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The Riddle of the Modern World: Of Liberty, Wealth and Equality
A. Macfarlane
This study of four great thinkers who lived between 1689 and 1995, Montesquieu, Adam Smith, De Tocqueville, and Ernest Gellner, weaves their lives and works together and through their own words shows how they approached the question of the nature of man, his past and his future.
344 pages, index, references
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 11, 2000 |
| ISBN13 | 9780333984505 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 326 |
| Dimensions | 218 × 151 × 19 mm · 440 g |
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