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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... later , sometimes disingenuous recollections in his Autobiography , from correspondence intend- ed for public perusal to letters written only for the eyes of his intimates.1 Sec- ond , the lack of systemization in these various musings ...
... later , sometimes disingenuous recollections in his Autobiography , from correspondence intend- ed for public perusal to letters written only for the eyes of his intimates.1 Sec- ond , the lack of systemization in these various musings ...
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... later echoed the judgment by branding Frank- lin as that type of worldly and materialistic man " beyond whom there are none in the world more atheistic . " 10 A twentieth - century commentator agrees with Renan's sentiment by ...
... later echoed the judgment by branding Frank- lin as that type of worldly and materialistic man " beyond whom there are none in the world more atheistic . " 10 A twentieth - century commentator agrees with Renan's sentiment by ...
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... . In this manuscript as well as in a few later texts , Franklin rather cryptically re- fers to subordinate or " lesser " gods that " create and rule " the heavenly bod- ies . Taking him at his word , Aldridge interprets Introduction 7.
... . In this manuscript as well as in a few later texts , Franklin rather cryptically re- fers to subordinate or " lesser " gods that " create and rule " the heavenly bod- ies . Taking him at his word , Aldridge interprets Introduction 7.
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... later sent them in which he rather awkwardly tried to dispel their fears . 20 His own confusion and search for a reawakening of his boyish piety is evidenced by the fact that he devoured a number of antideist tracts while in his early ...
... later sent them in which he rather awkwardly tried to dispel their fears . 20 His own confusion and search for a reawakening of his boyish piety is evidenced by the fact that he devoured a number of antideist tracts while in his early ...
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... later would designate the " God above gods , " but all of them agreed , in Franklin's estimation , on the es- sential role of virtue in the religious life . In elaborating his almost mathemat- ical program for the habituation of virtue ...
... later would designate the " God above gods , " but all of them agreed , in Franklin's estimation , on the es- sential role of virtue in the religious life . In elaborating his almost mathemat- ical program for the habituation of virtue ...
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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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