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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... sense in the world begin ? There is never a straight contest over authority in these sermons . Provi- dence conveniently supports common sense , right reason , and natural law in all of them . Samuel Langdon's election sermon in 1775 ...
... sense in the world begin ? There is never a straight contest over authority in these sermons . Provi- dence conveniently supports common sense , right reason , and natural law in all of them . Samuel Langdon's election sermon in 1775 ...
Halaman 113
... Sense , and Paine's anger finds an immediate outlet in America . When he introduces his pamphlet , Paine calls upon " every Man to whom Nature hath given the Power of feeling . " He magnifies emotion in explicit contrast to those who ...
... Sense , and Paine's anger finds an immediate outlet in America . When he introduces his pamphlet , Paine calls upon " every Man to whom Nature hath given the Power of feeling . " He magnifies emotion in explicit contrast to those who ...
Halaman 116
... Sense strives to empower the people , “ a truly legal authority , " over every group distinct therefrom . Paine takes his title from the very term in eighteenth - century politics that distinguishes between the complexity of special ...
... Sense strives to empower the people , “ a truly legal authority , " over every group distinct therefrom . Paine takes his title from the very term in eighteenth - century politics that distinguishes between the complexity of special ...
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What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
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