Monthly Archives: July 2013

United States Declaration of Independence (1776)

United States Declaration of Independence (1776)

In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. A DECLARATION By the REPRESENTATIVES of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, In GENERAL CONGRESS assembled. When in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary …

 

Hayek, The Use of Knowledge in Society (1945)

Hayek, The Use of Knowledge in Society (1945)

H.1 What is the problem we wish to solve when we try to construct a rational economic order? On certain familiar assumptions the answer is simple …

 

A vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft (1792)

A vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft (1792)

http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=126&Itemid=28 “Liberty is the mother of virtue, and if women be, by their very constitution, slaves, and not allowed to breathe the sharp invigorating air of …

 

google – Ten things we know to be true

google – Ten things we know to be true

Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. We first wrote these “10 things” when Google was just …

 

UNESCO (1945)

UNESCO (1945)

The Constitution of UNESCO, signed on 16 November 1945, came into force on 4 November 1946 after ratification by twenty countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, …

 

Timaeus, Plato (360 BC)

Timaeus, Plato (360 BC)

Timaeus All men, Socrates, who have any degree of right feeling, at the beginning of every enterprise, whether small or great, always call upon God. …

 

The City of God, Augustine of Hippo (426)

The City of God, Augustine of Hippo (426)

BOOK I. ARGUMENT. Augustin censures the pagans, who attributed the calamities of the world, and especially the recent sack of rome by the goths, to the christian …

 

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

PREAMBLE Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, …

 

United Nations Charter (1945)

United Nations Charter (1945)

WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow …

 

Politeia, Plato, 380BC

Politeia, Plato, 380BC

 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1497/1497-h/1497-h.htm#link2H_4_0005 II.11—II.16. 369b—376e. Genesis of the Polis   I will tell you, I replied; justice, which is the subject of our enquiry, is, as you know, sometimes spoken …