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UNINA9910828464603321 |
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Autore |
Valsania Maurizio <1965-> |
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Titolo |
The limits of optimism : Thomas Jefferson's dualistic enlightenment / / Maurizio Valsania |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-49027-6 |
9786613585509 |
0-8139-3151-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (219 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Enlightenment - United States |
United States Intellectual life 18th century |
United States Politics and government 1775-1783 |
United States Politics and government 1783-1865 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Enlightenment and dualism -- Optimism as certainty -- From faith to hope -- Nature and time as overwhelming powers -- Impossibility and despondency -- Dream, imagination, and expediency. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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At the same time, it provides a corrective to the common though erroneous equation of Enlightenment thinking with rationalism and shallow optimism. |
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