| Description |
xxvii, 257 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 227-242. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: A provincial enlightenment -- 1. Experimental religion: religion and the experimental method of reasoning -- Jonathan Edwards and the reality of the unseen -- From piety to moralism -- 2. Experimental morality: Civilized Americans -- Benjamin Franklin and the art of virtue -- Ethics of belief and the conduct of the mind -- 3. Experimental politics: Science, rhetoric, and revolution -- Thomas Jefferson and the rhetoric of Republicanism -- John Adams and the scenery of politics -- Political mechanics and the new consciousness -- 4. Enlightenment as an American institution: Critical period in American intellectual history -- John Witherspoon and the education of the public conscience -- William Ellery Channing and the inward enlightenment -- American achievement. |
| Subject |
United States -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
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United States. |
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Intellectual life. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Enlightenment -- United States.
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Enlightenment. |
| ISBN |
0399116869 : $8.95 |
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9780399116865 |
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