The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820This concise literary history of the American Enlightenment captures the varied and conflicting voices of religious and political conviction in the decades when the new nation was formed. Robert Ferguson's trenchant interpretation yields new understanding of this pivotal period for American culture. |
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... ideas as intrinsic repositories of meaning . Second , the source of these ideas depends heavily on the international context of the Enlightenment . Both points have often been overlooked even though they are essential to the vitality ...
... ideas as intrinsic repositories of meaning . Second , the source of these ideas depends heavily on the international context of the Enlightenment . Both points have often been overlooked even though they are essential to the vitality ...
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... ideas , even the same ideas , flourish in a different way " under the protection of those laws which were made for the wise and the good . " Jefferson's convictions carry him beyond the canniness of immediate political understanding ...
... ideas , even the same ideas , flourish in a different way " under the protection of those laws which were made for the wise and the good . " Jefferson's convictions carry him beyond the canniness of immediate political understanding ...
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... ideas , but they have come to understand ideas within the praxis of successful revolution . Their relation to an idea is one of change . Possibilities dominate their thinking . When Jefferson tells Priestley that " this whole chapter in ...
... ideas , but they have come to understand ideas within the praxis of successful revolution . Their relation to an idea is one of change . Possibilities dominate their thinking . When Jefferson tells Priestley that " this whole chapter in ...
Contents
What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
Copyright | |
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