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Autore: | Pangle Lorraine Smith |
Titolo: | The Political Philosophy of Benjamin Franklin [[electronic resource]] |
Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (292 p.) |
Disciplina: | 320.092 |
Soggetto topico: | Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790 |
Political Science | |
Political Theory of the State | |
Law, Politics & Government | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Note on Sources; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Earliest Franklin; Franklin, Socrates, and Modern Rationalism; 1 The Economic Basis of Liberty; The Weber Critique; The Value of Work; Work, Acquisitiveness, and Nature; A Republican Political Economy; The Meaning of Leisure; 2 The Virtuous Citizen; The Ethos of the Merchant; Franklin's Early Thoughts on Virtue and Vice; Franklin's Retreat from His Early Views; The Project for Moral Perfection; Humility, Pride, and Vanity; The Art of Virtue; 3 Philanthropy and Civil Associations; Man as a Political Animal |
Franklin and Tocqueville on AssociationsFranklin's Benevolent Projects; Democratic Leadership; 4 Thoughts on Government; The Albany Plan of Union; Of Proprietors and Kings; Statesmanship and Public Relations; Natural Right and Human Opinion; Representation and Federalism; Democratic Diplomacy; The Constitutional Convention; Immigration, Race, and Slavery; 5 The Ultimate Questions; Enlightenment and the Adequacy of Reason; The Civic Benefits of Religion; The Defects of Christianity; Toleration and Religious Freedom; The Existence of God; Eros, Death, and Eternity; Notes; Recommended Readings | |
IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z | |
Titolo autorizzato: | The Political Philosophy of Benjamin Franklin |
ISBN: | 0-8018-9616-9 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910459059903321 |
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