The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820Harvard University Press, 1997 - 220 halaman This 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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... knowledge of rights becomes a knowledge of country . The spread of ideas lifts the chaos of the present into the ordered spaces of the future , all of which the Enlightenment has promised . Even in the worst of times , 1799 , Jefferson ...
... knowledge of rights becomes a knowledge of country . The spread of ideas lifts the chaos of the present into the ordered spaces of the future , all of which the Enlightenment has promised . Even in the worst of times , 1799 , Jefferson ...
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... knowledge , that creates meaning and interest . The Americans who fight for their independence on the edge of the British Empire cannot compete with European writers for centrality in any presentation of knowledge . Instead , they find ...
... knowledge , that creates meaning and interest . The Americans who fight for their independence on the edge of the British Empire cannot compete with European writers for centrality in any presentation of knowledge . Instead , they find ...
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... knowledge be opened and set a - flowing . " In between comes a controlling premise : only the spread of knowledge among the people can preserve liberty . A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law uses this framework to draw out a ...
... knowledge be opened and set a - flowing . " In between comes a controlling premise : only the spread of knowledge among the people can preserve liberty . A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law uses this framework to draw out a ...
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What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
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