Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 276 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781442220423
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9781442220430
Content:
In a series of essays that examine Thomas Jefferson's own writings, Holowchak investigates the always profound and often provocative ideas of this founding father. Dutiful Correspondent explores Thomas Jefferson as a philosopher in his own right. Holowchak expands our view of Jefferson by examining his own words on issues such as race, politics, ethics, education, and the intersection of philosophy and science
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Preface; I: Jefferson the Man; 1 Jefferson as "Philologist"; II: Jefferson's Political Philosophy; 2 Jefferson's "Great Experiment"; 3 Jefferson's Liberal "Eudaimonism"; III: Jefferson and Ancient Thinking; 4 Jefferson's Master Epicurus; 5 Jefferson and Jesus; IV: Jefferson on Philosophy and Science; 6 Philosophical Vignettes in Jefferson's Notes; 7 Jefferson and Science; V: Jefferson and Ethics; 8 Reason and the Moral Sense; 9 Jefferson on War and Peace; VI: Jefferson on Race; 10 Jefferson on African Americans; 11 Jefferson on American Indians; VII: Education and the Good Life
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12 Education as Lifelong LearningIndex
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442220423
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Dutiful Correspondent : Philosophical Essays on Thomas Jefferson
Language:
English
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