{"product_id":"catos-letters-in-two-volumes-or-essays-on-liberty-civil-and-religious-and-other-important-subjects-in-two-volumes","title":"Cato's Letters (in Two Volumes): Or, Essays on Liberty, Civil and Religious, and Other Important Subjects (In Two Volumes) by John Trenchard \u0026 Thomas Gordon","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlmost a generation before Washington, Henry, and Jefferson were even born, two Englishmen, concealing their identities with the honored ancient name of Cato, wrote newspaper articles condemning tyranny and advancing principles of liberty that immensely influenced American colonists. The Englishmen were John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePUBLISHING HISTORY OF CATO'S LETTERS xi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEDITOR'S NOTE xiv A NOTE ON THE DATES OF CATO'S LETTERS xvi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA NOTE ON THE NOTES xvii\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eACKNOWLEDGMENTS xviii\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eINTRODUCTION xx\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDedication 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePreface 11\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVOLUME ONE OF THE SIXTH EDITION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 1. Reasons to prove that we are in no Danger of losing Gibraltar. 37\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 2. The fatal Effects of the South?Sea Scheme, and the Necessity of punishing the Directors. 40\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 3. The pestilent Conduct of the South?Sea Directors, with the reasonable Prospect of publick Justice. 43\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 4. Against false Methods of restoring publick Credit. 47\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 5. A further Call for Vengeance upon the South?Sea Plunderers; with a Caution against false Patriots. 51\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 6. How easily the People are bubbled by Deceivers. Further Cautions against deceitful Remedies for the publick Sufferings from the wicked Execution of the South?Sea Scheme. 55\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 7. Further Cautions about new Schemes for publick Redress. 59\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 8. The Arts of able guilty Ministers to save themselves. The wise and popular Conduct of Queen Elizabeth towards publick Harpies; with the Application. 63\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 9. Against the projected Union of the Three Great Companies; and against remitting to the South?Sea Company any Part of their Debt to the Publick. 68\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 10. The Iniquity of late and new Projects about the South?Sea considered. How fatally they affect the Publick. 75\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 11. The Justice and Necessity of punishing great Crimes, though committed against no subsisting Law of the State. 87\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 12. Of Treason: All Treasons not to be found in Statutes. The Right of the Legislature to declare Treasons. 93\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 13. The Arts of misleading the People by Sounds. 99\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 14. The unhappy State of despotick Princes, compared with the happier Lot of such as rule by settled Laws. How the latter, by abusing their Trust, may forfeit their Crown. 104\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 15. Of Freedom of Speech; That the same is inseparable from publick Liberty. 110\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 16. The Leaders of Parties, their usual Views. Advice to all Parties to be no longer misled. 117\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 17. What Measures are actually taken by wicked and desperate Ministers to ruin and enslave their Country. 123\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 18. The terrible Tendency of publick Corruption to ruin a State, exemplified in that of Rome, and applied to our own. 128\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 19. The Force of popular Affection and Antipathy to particular Men.How powerfully it operates, and how far to be regarded. 133\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 20. Of publick Justice, how necessary to the Security and Well?being of a State, and how destructive the Neglect of it to the British Nation. Signal Instances of this. 138\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 21. A Letter from John Ketch, Esq. asserting his Right to the Necks of the overgrown Brokers. 148\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 22. The Judgment of the People generally sound, where not misled. With the Importance and Probability of bringing over Mr. Knight. 156\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 23. A memorable Letter from Brutus to Cicero, with an explanatory introduction. 164\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 24. Of the natural Honesty of the People, and their reasonable Demands. How important it is to every Government to consult their Affections and Interest. 174\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 25. Considerations on the destructive Spirit of arbitrary Power. With the Blessings of Liberty, and our own Constitution. 179\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 26. The sad Effects of general Corruption, quoted from AlgernonSidney, Esq. 188\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 27. General Corruption, how ominous to the Publick, and how discouraging to every virtuous Man. With its fatal Progress whenever encouraged. 194\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 28. A Defence of Cato against his Defamers. 201\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 29. Reflections occasioned by an Order of Council for suppressing certain impious Clubs that were never discovered. 207\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 30. An excellent Letter from Brutus to Atticus; with an explanatory Introduction. 214\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 31. Considerations on the Weakness and Inconsistencies of human Nature. 221\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 32. Reflections upon Libelling. 228\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 33. Cautions against the Encroachments of Power. 234\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVOLUME TWO OF THE SIXTH EDITION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 34. Of Flattery. 243\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 35. Of publick Spirit. 250\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 36. Of Loyalty. 255\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 37. Character of a good and of an evil Magistrate, quoted from Algernon Sidney, Esq. 262\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 38. The Right and Capacity of the People to judge of Government. 266\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 39. Of the Passions; that they are all alike good or all alike evil, according as they are applied. 273\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 40. Considerations on the restless and selfish Spirit of Man. 278\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 41. The Emperor Galba's Speech to Piso, with an Introduction. 282\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 42. Considerations on the Nature of Laws. 288\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 43. The natural Passion of Men for Superiority. 294\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 44. Men not ruled by Principle, but by Passion. 298\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 45. Of the Equality and Inequality of Men. 306\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 46. Of the false Guises which Men put on, and their ill Effect. 310\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 47. Of the Frailty and Uncertainty of human Judgment. 315\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 48. The general unhappy State of the World, from the Baseness and Iniquity of its Governors in most Countries. 320\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 49. Of the Power of Prejudice. 326\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 50. An Idea of the Turkish Government, taken from Sir Paul Ricaut. 332\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 51. Popularity no Proof of Merit. 338\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 52. Of Divine Judgments; the Wickedness and Absurdity of applying them to Men and Events. 343\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 53. Dr. Prideaux's Reasoning about the Death of Cambyses, examined; whether the same was a Judgment for his killing the Egyptian God Apis. 350\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 54. The Reasoning of Dr. Prideaux about the Fate of Brennus the Gaul, and of his Followers, examined; whether the same was a Judgment for an Intention to plunder the Temple of Delphos. 357\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 55. The Lawfulness of killing Julius Caesar considered, and defended, against Dr. Prideaux. 367\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 56. A Vindication of Brutus, for having killed Caesar. 376\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 57. Of false Honour, publick and private. 388\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 58. Letter from a Lady, with an Answer, about Love, Marriage, and Settlements. 395\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 59. Liberty proved to be the unalienable Right of all Mankind. 405\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 60. All Government proved to be instituted by Men, and only to intend the general Good of Men. 413\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 61. How free Governments are to be framed so as to last, and how they differ from such as are arbitrary. 420\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 62. An Enquiry into the Nature and Extent of Liberty; with its Loveliness and Advantages, and the vile Effects of Slavery. 426\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 63. Civil Liberty produces all Civil Blessings, and how; with the baneful Nature of Tyranny. 435\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 64. Trade and Naval Power the Offspring of Civil Liberty, and cannot subsist without it. 442\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 65. Military Virtue produced and supported by Civil Liberty only. 445\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 66. Arbitrary Government proved incompatible with true Religion, whether Natural or Revealed. 462\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 67. Arts and Sciences the Effects of Civil Liberty only, and ever destroyed or oppressed by Tyranny. 471\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO. 68. Property and Commerce secure in a free Government only; with the consuming Miseries under simple Monarchies. 483\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVOLUME TWO VOLUMES THREE AND FOUR OF THE SIXTH EDITION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo. 69 through No. 138 AN APPENDIX CONTAINING ADDITIONAL LETTERS BY CATO\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo. 1 through No. 6\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eINDEX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Trenchard\u003c\/strong\u003e (1662-1723) devoted himself to writing on contemporary British politics and for one year was a Member of Parliament from Taunton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Gordon\u003c\/strong\u003e (ca. 1695-1750) was a tutor in languages, a publisher, and a pamphleteer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRonald Hamowy\u003c\/strong\u003e was Professor Emeritus of Intellectual History at the University of Alberta, Edmonton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45755242152122,"sku":"9780865971295","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_aa0e46dc-9db3-4a8f-8952-94a00adeda94.jpg?v=1775492400","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/catos-letters-in-two-volumes-or-essays-on-liberty-civil-and-religious-and-other-important-subjects-in-two-volumes","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}