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520 pages, 37 chapters, and about 185,350 words in the edition this archive serves.

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First published 1949

Essays on Freedom and Power

by Lord Acton

The Beacon Press, Boston, Mass., 1949.520 pagesISBN 9781933550701Updated May 10, 2010

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Author: Lord Acton
First published: 1949
Format: PDF and EPUB
Pages: 520
ISBN: 9781933550701
Publisher: The Beacon Press, Boston, Mass
License: Still in copyright: this work was published in the 1932-1963 window when US copyright had to be renewed after 28 years, and a renewal for it was found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries. It is free to read and download from this archive, but it is not public domain and not Creative Commons.

Liberty, ethics & philosophy

Freedom and Power collects Lord Acton's most important writings on a theme that would define his reputation for more than a century: the corruptions of power. In addition, the reader learns from his love of liberty as the great creative force in culture and society. This is the great collection of this giant of the late 19th century, published first in 1948 and republished by the Mises Institute .

Lord Acton might have been the last in a long line of a particular type of liberal before the time of Mises himself. He still has much to teach us, and no liberal education can be truly complete without a thorough knowledge of his understanding of the history and meaning of liberty..

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About this book and this copy

Is Essays on Freedom and Power free to download?: Yes. The complete 520-page PDF and EPUB downloads directly from this page (34.0 MB). There is no signup, no account and no paywall.
How long is Essays on Freedom and Power?: 520 pages, 37 chapters, and about 185,350 words in the edition this archive serves.
Is Essays on Freedom and Power in the public domain?: No. US works published between 1932 and 1963 kept copyright past 28 years if someone filed a renewal, and a renewal for this work was found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries. It is free to read and download from this archive, but it is not public domain and not Creative Commons.
Who wrote Essays on Freedom and Power?: John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902), commonly known as Lord Acton, was a leading 19th-century English historian in the classical liberal tradition. This archive holds 2 of Acton's works.

What's in it

15 chapters · 185,350 words · page numbers are this file's

Cover Pagep. 2
Prefacep. 8
Introductionp. 16
Chapter I - Inaugrual Lecture on the Study of Historyp. 70
Chapter II - The History of Freedom in Antiquityp. 97
Chapter III - The History of Freedom in Christianityp. 125
Chapter IV - The Protestant Theory of Persecutionp. 155
Chapter V - Sir Erskine May's "Democracy in Europe"p. 195
Chapter VI - Nationalityp. 233
Chapter VII - Political Causes of the American Revolutionp. 263
Chapter VIII - The Background of the French Revolutionp. 318
Chapter IX - Conflicts With Romep. 336
Chapter X - The Vatican Councilp. 366
Acton-Creighton Correspondencep. 424
Appendixp. 466

About the author

Lord Acton 1834–1902

John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902), commonly known as Lord Acton, was a leading 19th-century English historian in the classical liberal tradition. Read more about Lord Acton.

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