Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Translators’ Preface
- Introduction
- Chronology of Volney’s Life
- Further Reading
- Biographical Notes
- The Ruins: Meditations on the Revolutions of Empires (Paris, 1791)
- Catechism of Natural Law (1793)
- Appendix I Volney’s Endnotes and Sources
- Appendix II Volney’s Black Egyptianist Passages
- Appendix III Significant Textual Variants
- Index
- Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 February 2024
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Translators’ Preface
- Introduction
- Chronology of Volney’s Life
- Further Reading
- Biographical Notes
- The Ruins: Meditations on the Revolutions of Empires (Paris, 1791)
- Catechism of Natural Law (1793)
- Appendix I Volney’s Endnotes and Sources
- Appendix II Volney’s Black Egyptianist Passages
- Appendix III Significant Textual Variants
- Index
- Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Summary
An account of Volney’s life and career, his connections with the Ideologues, the arguments and approaches of his main works, and the longer-term reception of his ideas, especially in Britain and America.
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- Volney: ‘The Ruins' and ‘Catechism of Natural Law' , pp. viii - xxxiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024