Nature's God - The Heretical Origins of the American Republic

Discusses how America's revolutionaries--including Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Thomas Paine and Ethan Allen--were inspired by ideas that were ancient and pagan in nature, including the work of Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius and Dutch heretic Benedict de Spinoza.

About the author

Matthew Stewart is an independent philosopher and historian who has written extensively about the philosophical origins of the American republic. His work has appeared in?The Atlantic,?The?Washington Post,?The Wall Street Journal, and more. He is currently based in London.

Summary

A startling, paradigm-shifting exploration of the revolutionary part of the American Revolution: the ideas that changed the world for good.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Stewart
• Publisher: Norton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2014
• EAN: 9780393064544
• ISBN: 978-0-393-06454-4
• No. of pages: 576
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 237 mm x 38 mm
• Weight: 936 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; USA, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, HISTORY / United States / General, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought