Thomas Jefferson: Moralist

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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Much of the scholarship on Thomas Jefferson characterizes him as a consummate immoralist. Yet he had a keen interest in morality and most of his reading--when he was not immersed in politics--was for moral study. Jefferson once told his physician, Vine Utley, that he seldom went to sleep without first reading something morally inspiring.Some Jefferson scholars consider him at best a moral dilettante with incoherent views. Others see him as a Stoic, interested in virtue as measured by both intentions and outcomes, who in later life became an Epicurean, weighing pleasure versus ends.Drawing on a careful reading of his writings and an examination of his known readings on morality, this study argues that Jefferson developed early a consistent moral sense--Stoical in essence and focused on his own moral improvement--and maintained it throughout his life.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-04-03
Mått152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt354 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor268
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476669243

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Table of ContentsPreface1. “The ennui … of a tedious sermon”: Head versus Heart in a Love Letter to Maria Cosway2. “Art appears too much”: Jefferson and the Moral and Aesthetic Senses3. “Expediency can never contend with virtue”: Jefferson’s Ancient Philosophy Sources4. “The law of nature … cannot be stationary”: Jefferson’s Curious Immixture of Modern Moralists5. Ethicizing Through Truth and Untruth: The Lessons of History and Useful Fiction6. The Politics of Progress: The Lessons of Government by the Few7. Duty to God and Duty to Man: Jefferson on Religion, Sectarian and Natural8. Government by the Natural Aristoi: Education and the Problem of Virtuous Politicians9. The (Stoic) Sage of Monticello: “Truth [as] a branch of morality”Chapter NotesBibliographyIndex