02237nam 2200625 a 450 991082846460332120240418044828.01-280-49027-697866135855090-8139-3151-7(CKB)2670000000176400(OCoLC)784958292(CaPaEBR)ebrary10554878(SSID)ssj0000606484(PQKBManifestationID)11387178(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606484(PQKBWorkID)10582040(PQKB)10713343(MiAaPQ)EBC3444013(MdBmJHUP)muse4026(Au-PeEL)EBL3444013(CaPaEBR)ebr10554878(CaONFJC)MIL358550(EXLCZ)99267000000017640020110111d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe limits of optimism Thomas Jefferson's dualistic enlightenment /Maurizio Valsania1st ed.Charlottesville University of Virginia Press20111 online resource (219 p.) Jeffersonian AmericaBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8139-3144-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Enlightenment and dualism -- Optimism as certainty -- From faith to hope -- Nature and time as overwhelming powers -- Impossibility and despondency -- Dream, imagination, and expediency.At the same time, it provides a corrective to the common though erroneous equation of Enlightenment thinking with rationalism and shallow optimism.Jeffersonian America.EnlightenmentUnited StatesUnited StatesIntellectual life18th centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government1775-1783United StatesPolitics and government1783-1865Enlightenment973.4/6092Valsania Maurizio1965-501250MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828464603321The limits of optimism3957582UNINA