Benjamin Franklin and His GodsUniversity of Illinois Press, 1999 - Počet stran: 213 Against the religious backdrop of pre- and postcolonial America stands the towering figure--and mind--of Benjamin Franklin. A Renaissance man in a Revolutionary time, Franklin had interests and knowledge not only in religion but in literature, philosophy, politics, publishing, history, and scientific inquiry, among many other disciplines. Kerry S. Walters examines Franklin's search for the Divine using a similar, multifaceted approach--and in so doing has created the first extended treatment of Franklin's religious thought in thirty years. Walters brings the same intellectual range and depth to the understanding of Franklin's beliefs that Franklin brought to his own quest. What emerges from this pilgrimage into the soul of one of America's greatest figures is a very human Benjamin Franklin who grew with the accumulation of knowledge to arrive at a "theistic perspectivism," which provided him with a philosophical explanation for the diversity of religious faiths--and a justification for the liberty of conscience he advocated throughout his life. Benjamin Franklin and His Gods is an original and beautifully challenging spiritual and intellectual biography. Destined to be a classic. |
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... Aldridge in his book Benjamin Franklin and Nature's God . In spite of the differences in our interpre- tations , however , I am indebted more to Aldridge for my understanding of Franklin in particular and early American thought in ...
... Aldridge in his book Benjamin Franklin and Nature's God . In spite of the differences in our interpre- tations , however , I am indebted more to Aldridge for my understanding of Franklin in particular and early American thought in ...
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... Aldridge . In a famous essay from his 1933 Studies in Classic American Literature , Lawrence brutally denounces Franklin's religious and moral thought as noth- ing more than a smug brief for bourgeois , marketplace values . Franklin ...
... Aldridge . In a famous essay from his 1933 Studies in Classic American Literature , Lawrence brutally denounces Franklin's religious and moral thought as noth- ing more than a smug brief for bourgeois , marketplace values . Franklin ...
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... Aldridge's study Benjamin Franklin and Nature's God ( 1967 ) . Aldridge's evaluation is more sympathetic and judicious than Law- rence's . Although he agrees that Franklin " used social utility as the final mea- sure of the value of ...
... Aldridge's study Benjamin Franklin and Nature's God ( 1967 ) . Aldridge's evaluation is more sympathetic and judicious than Law- rence's . Although he agrees that Franklin " used social utility as the final mea- sure of the value of ...
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... Aldridge's reading is correct . But it is an error to presume that they point to a literal polytheism . Such a conclusion is as philosophically bizarre as it is textually unwarranted . It makes much more sense to interpret Frank- lin's ...
... Aldridge's reading is correct . But it is an error to presume that they point to a literal polytheism . Such a conclusion is as philosophically bizarre as it is textually unwarranted . It makes much more sense to interpret Frank- lin's ...
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... Aldridge correctly sees that Franklin's religious thought is developmental rather than monolithic , and he equally soundly focuses on Franklin's discussions of " gods " as the key to understand- ing his position . But he fails to follow ...
... Aldridge correctly sees that Franklin's religious thought is developmental rather than monolithic , and he equally soundly focuses on Franklin's discussions of " gods " as the key to understand- ing his position . But he fails to follow ...
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Between Worlds | 17 |
A False Start | 43 |
The Great Insight | 67 |
A Comfortable Belief | 96 |
Taming Wolves | 113 |
Sugar and Paper | 130 |
Notes | 153 |
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