The Epicurean Republic : A Conversation with Matthew Stewart / Howard Burton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, Howard, 1965- author.

Series:

Ideas Roadshow conversations.

Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Stewart, Matthew.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (42 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Open Agenda Publishing, [2014]

Summary:

This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and award-winning author and independent scholar Matthew Stewart. In his later years, Thomas Jefferson referred to "the revolutionary part of the [American] Revolution", which for him meant the founding ideals that would serve as a model for the world on how to build a modern state, as opposed to an incidental squabble between one country and its former colonists. This wide-ranging conversation explores how many of these ideals that Jefferson referred to are part of an intellectual thread that passes through key Enlightenment thinkers such as Spinoza and can be traced all the way back to Epicurus.This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Collective Unconscious, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. Howard Burton was the Founding Director of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy. This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert in a focused yet informal setting to provide a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks.

Contents:

Intro

A Note on the Text

Introduction

The Conversation

I. Setting the Stage

II. Deism

III. The Power of Ideas

IV. The Pursuit of Happiness

V. The Heart of the Matter

Continuing the Conversation.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-77170-114-5

OCLC:

1255219803