Revolutionary Values for a New Millennium: John Adams, Adam Smith, and Social VirtueLexington Books, 2000 - 233 pages In his study, Hill challenges common interpretations of the political thought of Adams and Smith, providing scholars and students with an engaging and novel portrait of social and political theory in America, at its founding and at the inception of the twenty-first century. |
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Page 52
... Jefferson's prose in the Declaration , most analysts agree that the ideas therein were widely shared among the signers . In other words , Jefferson probably did not originate many of the ideas . The committee asked Jefferson to write ...
... Jefferson's prose in the Declaration , most analysts agree that the ideas therein were widely shared among the signers . In other words , Jefferson probably did not originate many of the ideas . The committee asked Jefferson to write ...
Page 89
... Jefferson emphasized the individual pursuit of happiness . But that should not lead one to believe that he advocated the atomistic individualism so common today.34 Jefferson and Adams had similar views of the public good . In a June 13 ...
... Jefferson emphasized the individual pursuit of happiness . But that should not lead one to believe that he advocated the atomistic individualism so common today.34 Jefferson and Adams had similar views of the public good . In a June 13 ...
Page 106
... Jefferson's statement : " I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general " ( Wills , Inventing America , 190 ) . Wills further argues that Jefferson basically agreed with another Scotch Enlight- enment thinker ...
... Jefferson's statement : " I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general " ( Wills , Inventing America , 190 ) . Wills further argues that Jefferson basically agreed with another Scotch Enlight- enment thinker ...
Contents
Revolutionary Values | 21 |
Virtues for Democratic Citizens | 59 |
Individuality within Communities | 83 |
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