An Essay on the Natural Equality of Men; On the Rights that Result from It, and on the Duties Which It Imposes

Brown, William Lawrence

Philadelphia: Printed for John Ormrod, by William W. Woodward, 1793

1st American edition.  Bound in contemporary full leather.  Red morocco spine label. Spine gilt ruled.  Some cover wear, hinge starting. 191  pp, (2) contents, (2) printer/bookseller's ad offering "A Collection of Valuable Books on Various Subjects."  Scattered foxing/spotting throughout. Early signature of Ga. L. Johnston. 

William Laurence Brown was a Scottish minister and moral philosopher.  Brown was a professor at the University of Utrecht, but fled the chaos caused by the French Revolution and settled in Aberdeen.  In this, he most notable work, Brown attempts to answer three questions, "I. In what respects may men be said to be equal? II. What the rights resulting from this equality? III. What the duties which it imposes?"  Brown's moral philosophy is an argument for natural equality, based on Christian principles which creates obligations for all people to live virtuous lives.  

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