Description
America's founders intended to liberate us not just from one king but from the ghostly tyranny of supernatural religion. Drawing deeply on the study of European philosophy, Matthew Stewart brilliantly tracks the ancient, pagan, and continental ideas from which America's revolutionaries drew their inspiration. In the writings of Spinoza, Lucretius, and other great philosophers, Stewart recovers the true meanings of "Nature's God," "the pursuit of happiness," and the radical political theory with which the American experiment in self-government began.
Author: Matthew Stewart
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 07/01/2015
Pages: 580
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9780393351293
ISBN10: 0393351297
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys | General
- History | United States | Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- Philosophy | Political