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“…Hume's correspondents in this volume include such famous thinkers and public figures as Adam Smith, James Boswell, and Benjamin Franklin. The edition offers a rich picture of the man and his age, and is a uniquely valuable resource to anyone with an interest in early modern thought…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Euripides on the use and abuse of revelation in the service of the political order -- The divine, an unsettling duality, and the conduct of one's life : Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannos revisited -- On Aristophanes' Clouds -- Socrates' dangerous piety -- Plato on the divine in human affairs -- Maimonides and others on faith, philosophy, and governing principles -- Conscience and citizenship -- El Greco and his successors -- Miguel de Cervantes on death, the divine, and the proper ordering of human affairs -- Thomas Hobbes on church and state -- John Milton's Paradise epics and the divinely-ordained redemption of the human race -- Challenges posed by the Aztecs -- The Holocaust and the divine ordering of human affairs -- Nature and the divine in the declaration of independence -- Benedict Arnold, providence, and the fates of citizens and of nations -- Benjamin Franklin and the workings of the divine at least in America -- "In the year of [what] lord?" …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…John Hancock (v.1) ; Benjamin Franklin, George Wythe, Francis Hopkinson, Robert Treat Paine (v.2) ; Edward Rutledge, Lyman Hall, Oliver Wolcott, Richard Stockton, Button Gwinnett, Josiah Bartlett, Philip Livingston, Roger Sherman (v.3) ; Thomas Heyward, George Read, William Williams, Samuel Huntington, William Floyd, George Walton, George Clymer, Benjamin Rush (v.4) ; Thomas Lynch, Jr., Matthew Thornton, William Whipple, John Witherspoon, Robert Morris (v.5) ; Arthur Middleton, Abraham Clark, Francis Lewis, John Penn. …”

“…There are substantial and original essays on the major American Enlightenment figures, including Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, David Rittenhouse, Benjamin Rush, Jonathan Edwards, and many others. …”

“…"Contentious debates over the benefits-or drawbacks-of a liberal education are as old as America itself. From Benjamin Franklin to the Internet pundits, critics of higher education have attacked its irrelevance and elitism-often calling for more vocational instruction. …”

“…Christian sensibility would never be quite the same.Bringing together the works of six major American deists—Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Ethan Allen, Thomas Paine, Elihu Palmer, and Philip Frenau—an dthe Frechman Comte de Volney, whose writings greatly influenced the American deists, Kerry Walters has created the fullest analysis yet of deism and rational religion in colonial and early America. …”

“…At the heart of the American experiment lies what Benjamin Franklin called "public religion," a God who invests all human beings with inalienable rights while protecting private religion from government interference. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Bell -- Documents: "Though I was often beaten for my play": the autobiography of John Barnard ; "A bookish inclination": Benjamin Franklin grows up -- In search of the historical child: questions for consideration…”

“…De Cicerón a Walter Lippmann, de Diego de Saavedra Fajardo a Manuel Azaña o de Benjamin Franklin a Charles de Gaulle, protagonistas y espectadores de la historia política han formulado los principios de la malicia política con una lucidez que sigue siendo tan actual como útil. …”

“…With apologies to Benjamin Franklin, there are actually three things in life that are certain: Death, taxes, and the fact that sometimes, life will throw you a gut punch. …”