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(0)Thomas Jefferson
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Beacon Press
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
"Question with boldness even the existence of a god," Thomas Jefferson asserted, "because if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear." America's third president regarded Jesus as a moral guide rather than a divinity, and in The Jefferson Bible, he highlights Christ's ethical teachings from the Gospels. Discarding the scriptures' supernatural elements and dogma, this volume reflects the deist view of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
1977
Language
English
Formats
Description
Includes A Summary View of the Rights of British America and Notes on the State of Virginia complete; seventy-nine letters; "Response to the Citizens of Albemarle," 1790; "Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank," 1791; and many other writings.
3) Writings
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Publisher
Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by the Viking Press
Pub. Date
c1984
Language
English
Series
American classic series) volume 1
Publisher
National Center for Constitutional Studies
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Common Sense examines how Americans defended the right to resist unjust laws and how this right of resistance was transformed into a right of revolution. It examines Thomas Paine's views on the difference between society and government, his defense of republican government, his total rejection of hereditary monarchy, and his belief that Americans should take up arms against the English government.
The Declaration of Independence articulates
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