| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
"The ennui...of a tedious sermon": head versus heart in a love letter to Maria Cosway -- "Art appears too much": Jefferson and the moral and aesthetic senses -- "Expediency can never contend with virtue": Jefferson's ancient philosophy sources -- "The law of nature...cannot be stationary": Jefferson's curious immixture of modern moralists -- Ethicizing through truth and untruth: the lessons of history and useful fiction -- The politics of progress: the lessons of government by the few -- Duty to God and duty to man: Jefferson on religion, sectarian and natural -- Government by the natural aristoi: education and the problem of virtuous politicians -- The (stoic) sage of Monticello: "truth [as] a branch of morality" |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 23, 2017) |
| Subject |
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Ethics
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| SUBJECT |
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 fast |
| Subject |
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General
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Ethics
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Presidents
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781476628172 |
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1476628173 |
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