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Nature's God : the heretical origins of the American republic
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Title
Nature's God : the heretical origins of the American republic / Matthew Stewart.
ISBN
9780393064544 (hbk.)
0393064549 (hbk.)
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Physical Description
566 pages ; 25 cm
Summary
"Drawing deeply on the study of European philosophy, Matthew Stewart pursues a genealogy of the philosophical ideas from which America's revolutionaries drew their inspiration, all ... researched and documented and enlivened with storytelling ... Along the way, he uncovers the true meanings of 'Nature's God,' 'self-evident,' and many other phrases crucial to our understanding of the American experiment but now widely misunderstood"--Dust jacket flap.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 03, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The dirty little screw of the American Revolution
Pathologies of freedom
Epicurus's dangerous idea
On the genealogy of Nature's God
Self-evident truths
The pursuit of happiness
The empire of reason
The religion of freedom.
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