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Thomas Jefferson’s Philosophy: The Enlightenment; Ideology

Author : M. L. Burstein

Published in: Understanding Thomas Jefferson

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Like most people, Thomas Jefferson disdained metaphysics; and like all serious thinkers, could not elude ultimate existential quandaries. He called himself a materialist. What does that mean?

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Title
Thomas Jefferson’s Philosophy: The Enlightenment; Ideology
Author
M. L. Burstein
Copyright Year
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13115-0_7