Thomas Jefferson : moralist / M. Andrew Holowchak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holowchak, M. Andrew (Mark Andrew), 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Ethics.

Jefferson, Thomas.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

Ethics.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

vii, 259 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]

Summary:

"Drawing on a careful reading of his writings and an examination of his known readings on morality, this study argues that Jefferson developed early a consistent moral sense--Stoical in essence and focused on his own moral improvement--and maintained it throughout his life"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"The ennui ... of a tedious sermon": head versus heart in a love letter to Maria Cosway

"Art appears too much": Jefferson and the moral and aesthetic senses

"Expediency can never contend with virtue": Jefferson's ancient philosophy sources

"The law of nature ... cannot be stationary": Jefferson's curious immixture of modern moralists

Ethicizing through truth and untruth: the lessons of history and useful fiction

The politics of progress: the lessons of government by the few

Duty to God and duty to man: Jefferson on religion, sectarian and natural

Government by the natural aristoi: education and the problem of virtuous politicians

The (stoic) sage of Monticello: "truth [as] a branch of morality."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476669243

1476669244

OCLC:

975998449