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Cato's Letters is a collection of 144 essays written by John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon, published between 1720 and 1723 under the pseudonym Cato. Originally printed in British newspapers, the essays argued for freedom of expression, property rights, and resistance to political tyranny. These texts...
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Highly influential republican essays praised for lucid attacks on corruption and power, despite repetition across the large collection.
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Cato’s Letters No. 15 is one of the political essays published under the name Cato by John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon in the early eighteenth century. The series used arguments from English opposition thought and classical republicanism to examine liberty, government power, and the press. This inst...
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Influential liberal defense of free expression, admired for forceful clarity and historical impact, though less philosophically comprehensive than later classics.
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