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This investigation of the philosophy and writings of Thomas Jefferson anaylzes the enlightenment foundations of his political thought. It seeks to dispel impressions of contradictions in the statesman's belief system by exploring key principles, such as his enlightenment stance …
It has long been taken for granted that the ideas of the European Enlightenment--of men like Locke, Hume, Voltaire, or Rousseau--profoundly affected America during the Revolutionary age. Yet there has been no full-length analysis of the movement of ideas from Europe to America i…