The American Colonial Mind and the Classical Tradition
Author | : Richard Mott Gummere |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Richard Mott Gummere |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Wolfgang Haase |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 733 |
Release | : 2011-08-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 311087024X |
Author | : Carl J. Richard |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2006-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780742534360 |
The Battle for the American Mind brings together religion, politics, economics, science, and literature to present a compelling history of the American people. In this brief and entertaining book, noted historian Carl J. Richard argues that there have been three worldviews that have dominated American thought--theism, humanism, and skepticism. Theists put their faith in God, humanists in man, and skeptics have faith in neither god nor man. Each worldview has had an epoch of domination, leading to the present "Age of Confusion" where theists, humanists, and skeptics battle one another for control of American hearts and minds. By clearly explaining what Americans believed, exploring why they did so, and showing how that impacted the nation's development, Carl J. Richard presents a unique portrait of the United States--past and present.
Author | : Richard Mott Gummere |
Publisher | : Cambridge : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Richard M. Gummere, writing with characteristic warmth and humor, explores the attitudes toward the classics of seven prominent colonial Americans--Hugh Jones, Robert Calef, Michael Wigglesworth, Samuel Davies, Henry Melhior Muhlenberg, Benjamin Rush, and Thomas Paine. A companion volume to the author's The American Colonial Mind and the Classical Tradition, this book provides separate, absorbing biographies of these "seven wise men." Each of them was essentially pragmatic and judged the value of the classics not only on the basis of their intrinsic worth but also for their relevance to contemporary problems. Hugh Jones--who advocated a practical training for the youth of Colonial Virginia--and Benjamin Rush questioned particularly the value of the classics as a requisite part of the school curriculum, although granting their importance for college admission and professional careers. Thomas Paine, openly skeptical about the wisdom of studying Greek and Latin in the original, scattered references in translation throughout his writings, so that he often seems to be "a classicist malgré lui." Higglesworth, Davies, and Muhlenberg regarded the ancient languages as aids to the understanding of Christian theology and as basic preparation for both the minister and the layman. Wigglesworth, at home in both ancient and modern literature, peppered his sermons with Latin quotations, but took care to keep his interpolations strictly subservient to the Gospel. Some academicians and religious leaders adapted or even misinterpreted the classics in order to find in them support for various moralistic positions. Robert Calef opposed this disingenuousness and debated vigorously with Cotton Mather the evils of the Salem witch trial convictions, whose virtue Mather sought to prove by citing classical myths and legends. Calef raised a seemingly lone voice in his plea for a Christian policy of forbearance and understanding.
Author | : Wolfgang Haase |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 742 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : America |
ISBN | : 9783110115727 |
Author | : Meyer Reinhold |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Classical education |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Carl J. Richard |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1995-08-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780674314269 |
The influence of Greek and Roman authors on our American forefathers finally becomes clear in this fascinating book—the first comprehensive study of the founders’ classical reading.