Richard Price (5) (1723–1791)
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Born in the Welsh town of Llangeinor, Richard Price (February 23, 1723-April 19, 1791) was the son of a dissenting preacher and was himself ordained as one at age 21. He is best known for his moral philosophy but also wrote on financial and political subjects. His writings on life expectancy and visa mer life insurance claims led to sweeping changes in the actuarial and benefit policies of insurance companies and benefit societies; an article by him on public debt convinced William Pitt, the prime minister, to establish a fund to extinguish the English national debt. Price's chief philosophical work is A Review of the Principal Questions in Morals (1758, revised editions 1769 and 1787). Price's Four Dissertations (1767) contains a defense of his religious convictions, including a reply to Hume's essay on miracles. Against Joseph Priestley he defended freedom of the will in A Free Discussion of the Doctrines of Materialism and Philosophical Necessity (1778). Price's political views were progressive. In addition to urging political reforms in England, he wrote a widely circulated pamphlet defending the American cause against the British crown; the pamphlet is said to have encouraged the colonists' decision to declare independence. Price later became a friend of Benjamin Franklin (see Vol. 1). He was offered American citizenship by the Continental Congress if he would emigrate and serve as a financial adviser to the American government, an offer he gratefully declined. Price also welcomed the French Revolution; in fact, it was in reply to a 1790 treatise by Price that Edmund Burke wrote Reflections on the Revolution in France. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Observations on the nature of civil liberty the principles of government, and the justice and policy of the war wit (1776) 14 exemplar
Observations on the importance of the American Revolution, and the means of making it a benefit to the world (2012) 12 exemplar
Observations on reversionary payments on schemes for providing annuities for widows, and for persons in old age: on the… (2012) 7 exemplar
A free discussion of the doctrines of materialism, and philosophical necessity, in a correspondence between Dr. Price,… (1977) 5 exemplar
Additional observations on the nature and value of civil liberty, and the war with America: also observations on… (1778) 4 exemplar
Two tracts on civil liberty, the war with America, the debts and finances of the kingdom (1972) 4 exemplar
Observations on the expectations of lives the increase of mankind, the influence of great towns on population, and… (2010) 3 exemplar
The state of the public debts and finances at signing the preliminary articles of peace in January 1783 with a plan for… (1783) 3 exemplar
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- 1723-02-23
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- 1791-04-19
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- Great Britain
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- Llangeinor, Wales
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- London, England, UK (Newington Green)
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