Caroline’s review of Nature's God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic > Likes and Comments
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Cet ouvrage a l'air intéressant. Merci pour ce compte-rendu. J'ai lu que Franklin et Jefferson, qui ont habité chacun à Paris, étaient des habitués du salon du baron d'Holbach et de Mme Helevetius. J'ai lu aussi plusieurs ouvrages sur les relations entre Jefferson et Volney, où Jefferson ne fait pas mystère de son athéisme. Je connais moins les autres pères fondateurs. Ça pourrait être intéressant de connaître leurs opinions.
Stewart inclut plusieurs de citations très amusant de Franklin. Mais, peut-etre Nature’s God ne serait pas un bon introduction aux pères fondateurs; il suppose que vous savez déjà quelque chose sur leur rôle dans la révolution.
La plupart des écrivains américains décrivent les séjours de Jefferson et de Franklin à Paris avec affection, et aussi important pour leurs idées (sur le gouvernement et sur l'amour)
I was aware of Jefferson's positions on these matters, but if the author can link them to Adams and Madison, that would be of great interest to me. Thanks for pointing this book out.
Only a few comments about Madison toward the end. More ambivalent about Adams. Almost all of the buy-in cited here for Adams comes in his late-life correspondence with Jefferson, so it might be that during his life on the revolutionary stage it wouldn’t have been so true.
Caroline wrote: "Only a few comments about Madison toward the end. More ambivalent about Adams. Almost all of the buy-in cited here for Adams comes in his late-life correspondence with Jefferson, so it might be ..."
Ah, then perhaps reading this book is less urgent than I initially thought.
Caroline, I've bookmarked this review in a couple parts of my writings: _here_ and _here_ (section B) .
This is an excellent book, perhaps even more applicable and timely today than when it was written. Thank you.
Excellent review! I just added this to my TBR.
"However, it’s important to note that the book covers the full range of the natural, political, and moral philosophy that influenced them, not just what pertains to whether God exists and if so what that means."
...this is what ended up throwing me. I put the book down after reading about one-third of it because it felt a bit meandering to me. Fully appreciate what Stewart was trying to do, but I think I was looking for a more concise, tidy explanation of the Founding Fathers' beliefs, and how those beliefs were meant to shape the Constitution, Declaration, etc.
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Cet ouvrage a l'air intéressant. Merci pour ce compte-rendu. J'ai lu que Franklin et Jefferson, qui ont habité chacun à Paris, étaient des habitués du salon du baron d'Holbach et de Mme Helevetius. J'ai lu aussi plusieurs ouvrages sur les relations entre Jefferson et Volney, où Jefferson ne fait pas mystère de son athéisme. Je connais moins les autres pères fondateurs. Ça pourrait être intéressant de connaître leurs opinions.
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Stewart inclut plusieurs de citations très amusant de Franklin. Mais, peut-etre Nature’s God ne serait pas un bon introduction aux pères fondateurs; il suppose que vous savez déjà quelque chose sur leur rôle dans la révolution.La plupart des écrivains américains décrivent les séjours de Jefferson et de Franklin à Paris avec affection, et aussi important pour leurs idées (sur le gouvernement et sur l'amour)
I was aware of Jefferson's positions on these matters, but if the author can link them to Adams and Madison, that would be of great interest to me. Thanks for pointing this book out.
Only a few comments about Madison toward the end. More ambivalent about Adams. Almost all of the buy-in cited here for Adams comes in his late-life correspondence with Jefferson, so it might be that during his life on the revolutionary stage it wouldn’t have been so true.
Caroline wrote: "Only a few comments about Madison toward the end. More ambivalent about Adams. Almost all of the buy-in cited here for Adams comes in his late-life correspondence with Jefferson, so it might be ..."Ah, then perhaps reading this book is less urgent than I initially thought.
Caroline, I've bookmarked this review in a couple parts of my writings: _here_ and _here_ (section B) .
This is an excellent book, perhaps even more applicable and timely today than when it was written. Thank you.
Excellent review! I just added this to my TBR.
"However, it’s important to note that the book covers the full range of the natural, political, and moral philosophy that influenced them, not just what pertains to whether God exists and if so what that means." ...this is what ended up throwing me. I put the book down after reading about one-third of it because it felt a bit meandering to me. Fully appreciate what Stewart was trying to do, but I think I was looking for a more concise, tidy explanation of the Founding Fathers' beliefs, and how those beliefs were meant to shape the Constitution, Declaration, etc.