The Spirits of '76: A Catholic InquiryChristendom Publications, 1983 - 182 Seiten Historian Donald D'Elia offers one of the most original sets of essays ever penned on the seven greatest founding fathers looking at the development of their philosophical and religious convictions. The essays include: "The Relevance of Thomas Jefferson," "Benjamin Rush: A Christian Revolutionary," "John Adams: Revolutionary as Manichaean," "Charles Carroll of Carrollton: A Catholic Revolutionary," "George Washington: The Founder as Stoic," "Alexander Hamilton: From Caesar to Christ," and "Benjamin Franklin: Poor Richard's Religion." |
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... ideal of the complete moral person who lives for himself at the same time that he lives for others . Franklin modelled himself after this ideal , and at times almost attained it . For example , he refused patents for the lightning rod ...
... ideal of the complete moral person who lives for himself at the same time that he lives for others . Franklin modelled himself after this ideal , and at times almost attained it . For example , he refused patents for the lightning rod ...
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... ideal of the new nation he had helped establish , an ideal he aspired to throughout his lifetime and one that was proclaim- ed in his natural morality of duty to God and man . This ideal , spiritualized and perfected in Christian love ...
... ideal of the new nation he had helped establish , an ideal he aspired to throughout his lifetime and one that was proclaim- ed in his natural morality of duty to God and man . This ideal , spiritualized and perfected in Christian love ...
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... ideal from then on was what he called the " expansion of science , " a nominalistic program which did violence to what was left of the medieval unity of being by isolating nature , man , and culture and treating them as autonomous . 15 ...
... ideal from then on was what he called the " expansion of science , " a nominalistic program which did violence to what was left of the medieval unity of being by isolating nature , man , and culture and treating them as autonomous . 15 ...
Inhalt
Preface | 7 |
A Christian Revolutionary? | 24 |
Catholic Revolutionary | 55 |
Urheberrecht | |
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