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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... light . Benjamin Franklin , the living symbol of the American Enlight- enment , typifies this dynamic with one of his analogies from everyday life . " By the Collision of different Sentiments , " he explains in his essay “ The Internal ...
... light . Benjamin Franklin , the living symbol of the American Enlight- enment , typifies this dynamic with one of his analogies from everyday life . " By the Collision of different Sentiments , " he explains in his essay “ The Internal ...
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... light from one taper to another , and , though that passage is fraught with obstacles and even with danger , Jefferson eagerly notes that “ he who lights his taper at mine , receives light without darkening mine . " His more pessimistic ...
... light from one taper to another , and , though that passage is fraught with obstacles and even with danger , Jefferson eagerly notes that “ he who lights his taper at mine , receives light without darkening mine . " His more pessimistic ...
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... light can seem to stand in Nature for the rational exclusion of " all Blacks and Tawneys , " where Native Americans fall under the latter category . “ And while we are , as I may call it , Scouring our Planet , by clearing America of ...
... light can seem to stand in Nature for the rational exclusion of " all Blacks and Tawneys , " where Native Americans fall under the latter category . “ And while we are , as I may call it , Scouring our Planet , by clearing America of ...
Contents
What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
Copyright | |
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