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Author | : M. Andrew Holowchak |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2017-11-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1476669252 |
Thomas Jefferson's writings on morality have largely been ignored. His thoughts on the subject, never developed in any formal work, are said to be unsystematic--a judgment reinforced by his shift from Stoicism (intentions are critical) to Utilitarianism (consequences are critical) later in life. Yet his writings and the moral works he recommended reveal much about his moral sense and views on good living. Jefferson valued personal moral improvement, had great respect for moral exemplars and drew inspiration from moralists, sermonizers, novelists, poets, historians and such role models as Professor William Small and his friend George Wythe.
Author | : Drew R. McCoy |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2012-12-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0807838322 |
By investigating eighteenth-century social and economic thought--an intellectual world with its own vocabulary, concepts, and assumptions--Drew McCoy smoothly integrates the history of ideas and the history of public policy in the Jeffersonian era. The book was originally published by UNC Press in 1980.
Author | : Henry Adams |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : African Americans |
ISBN | : 9781936520084 |
Both exhibition and book celebrate the society's 225th year. Distributed for the Massachusetts Historical Society
Author | : Francis D. Cogliano |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 899 |
Release | : 2011-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1444344617 |
A Companion to Thomas Jefferson presents a state-of-the-art assessment and overview of the life and legacy of Thomas Jefferson through a collection of essays grounded in the latest scholarship. Features essays by the leading scholars in the field, including Pulitzer Prize winners Annette Gordon-Reed and Jack Rakove Includes a section that considers Jefferson’s legacy Explores Jefferson’s wide range of interests and expertise, and covers his public career, private life, his views on democracy, and his writings Written to be accessible for the non-specialist as well as Jefferson scholars
Author | : Joseph J. Ellis |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 463 |
Release | : 1998-11-19 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0375727469 |
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER Following Thomas Jefferson from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to his retirement in Monticello, Joseph J. Ellis unravels the contradictions of the Jeffersonian character. He gives us the slaveholding libertarian who was capable of decrying mescegenation while maintaing an intimate relationship with his slave, Sally Hemmings; the enemy of government power who exercisdd it audaciously as president; the visionarty who remained curiously blind to the inconsistencies in his nature. American Sphinx is a marvel of scholarship, a delight to read, and an essential gloss on the Jeffersonian legacy.
Author | : Peter Onuf |
Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1999-08-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781881089575 |
Agrarian; confident champion of freedom and uneasy slaveholder; advocate of a government strictly limited to the needs of his time - Thomas Jefferson remains a force in our political and social thought. Part of the continuing interest in him comes of curiosity about a statesman as withdrawn and elusive in personality as he was clear and eloquent in words. Recent DNA evidence that he probably fathered one or more children by one of his slaves deepens the mystery about him. The greater question has to do with his pronouncements about the nature and foundations of liberty, so direct and simple in expression. In this anthology of Jefferson's writings, Peter Onuf begins with an Introduction entitled, "Making Sense of Jefferson," which is then followd by 86 selections from a variety of documents: letters, official papers, public addresses, and opinions, including an extensive selection from Notes on the State of Virginia, making this an ideal reader for a variety of venues.
Author | : James H. Read |
Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0813919118 |
Does every increase in the power of government entail a loss of liberty for the people? James H. Read examines how four key Founders--James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Wilson, and Thomas Jefferson--wrestled with this question during the first two decades of the American Republic. Power versus Liberty reconstructs a four-way conversation--sometimes respectful, sometimes shrill--that touched on the most important issues facing the new nation: the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, federal authority versus states' rights, freedom of the press, the controversial Bank of the United States, the relation between nationalism and democracy, and the elusive meaning of "the consent of the governed." Each of the men whose thought Read considers differed on these key questions. Jefferson believed that every increase in the power of government came at the expense of liberty: energetic governments, he insisted, are always oppressive. Madison believed that this view was too simple, that liberty can be threatened either by too much or too little governmental power. Hamilton and Wilson likewise rejected the Jeffersonian view of power and liberty but disagreed with Madison and with each other. The question of how to reconcile energetic government with the liberty of citizens is as timely today as it was in the first decades of the Republic. It pervades our political discourse and colors our readings of events from the confrontation at Waco to the Oklahoma City bombing to Congressional debate over how to spend the government surplus. While the rhetoric of both major political parties seems to posit a direct relationship between the size of our government and the scope of our political freedoms, the debates of Madison, Hamilton, Wilson, and Jefferson confound such simple dichotomies. As Read concludes, the relation between power and liberty is inherently complex.
Author | : Rebecca Gomez |
Publisher | : ABDO Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2003-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 161785901X |
A simple biography of the author of the Declaration of Independence, President of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia.
Author | : Thomas Jefferson |
Publisher | : Courier Dover Publications |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2016-12-21 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0486818624 |
The third president offers a detailed account of his youth and the writing of the Declaration of Independence plus reminiscences of his Virginia governorship, years in Paris, and observations on the French Revolution.
Author | : Thomas Jefferson |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780742521162 |
Virtually no subject--politics, slavery, religion, gardening, music, architecture, natural history, or science to name a few--escaped the interest and attention of Thomas Jefferson. Through nearly 800 excerpts of Jefferson's writing, ranging in length from one sentence to nearly a page, Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts, allows readers to share in Jefferson's greatest triumphs and achievements and reflects on the moments that truly tested the very fiber of his soul, publicly and privately. From the glory of crafting the Declaration of Independence and assuming the mantle of leadership as the Republic's third president, through his moral struggle with slavery and the agony of losing his young wife and daughter, Jerry Holmes chronicles Jefferson's life through his own words. Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts will fascinate both the serious Jefferson scholar as well as curious newcomers.