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Benjamin Franklin, Natural Right, and the Art of Virtue /

Benjamin Franklin's writings on politics are voluminous, and his own politics are well known, yet scholars debate - often fiercely - whether he had a political philosophy and, if so, what it was. Benjamin Franklin, Natural Right, and the Art of Virtue is a study of Franklin's political and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Slack, Kevin, 1977- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Liberty and necessity
  • Truth and usefulness
  • Articles of belief and acts of religion
  • On the providence of God in the government of the world
  • The science of virtue
  • Self-examination
  • The virtues of a free people
  • Political principles
  • Political theory
  • Statesmanship
  • Conclusion : Franklin and Socrates
  • Appendix : New attributions to the Franklin canon.