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political philosophy, philosophy of friendship, ethics Lorraine Smith Pangle (born April 26, 1958) is a professor of political philosophy in the Department of Government and co-director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas at the University of Texas at Austin .
The natural aristocracy is a concept developed by Thomas Jefferson in 1813 which describes a political elite that derives its power from talent and virtue (or merit). He distinguishes this from traditional aristocracies, which he refers to as the artificial aristocracy, a ruling elite that derives its power solely from inherited status, or wealth and birth.
Thomas Jefferson (April 13 [O.S. April 2], 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. [6]
The First Republicans: Political Philosophy and Public Policy in the Party of Jefferson and Madison (1954) online Archived 2011-11-23 at the Wayback Machine; Cunningham, Noble E. The Jeffersonian Republicans in power; party operations, 1801–1809 (1963) online; Elkins, Stanley M. and Eric L. McKitrick.
Not simply another work on Jefferson’s educational philosophy, this book is a study of what the author terms ‘the public dimension of Jefferson’s education ideas.'" [12] Still, others like Constance B. Schulz point out the redundancy of the first few chapters of The Unfinished Revolution, which restate what has been previously covered by ...
Many of the major political and intellectual figures behind the American Revolution associated themselves closely with the Enlightenment: Benjamin Franklin visited Europe repeatedly and contributed actively to the scientific and political debates there and brought the newest ideas back to Philadelphia; Thomas Jefferson closely followed European ...
The United States Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson, and then edited by the Committee of Five, which consisted of Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston. It was then further edited and adopted by the Committee of the Whole of the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.
In 1760, at age 16, Jefferson entered the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, and for two years he studied mathematics, metaphysics, and philosophy under Professor William Small. He introduced the enthusiastic Jefferson to the writings of the British Empiricists , including John Locke , Francis Bacon , and Isaac Newton . [ 18 ]