Examining the intellectual roots of Benjamin Franklin, this work begins by tracing the evolution of young Franklin's theology of works between the letters of Silence Dogood (1722) and his impassioned defence of the heterdox Irish clergyman Samuel Hemphill in 1735. The author places the 25 year production of "Poor Richard's" almanac in the context of the early 18th-century moral and educational psychology. He examines the broad intellectual continuities uniting Franklin's 1726 journal of his return voyage to Philadelphia ...
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Examining the intellectual roots of Benjamin Franklin, this work begins by tracing the evolution of young Franklin's theology of works between the letters of Silence Dogood (1722) and his impassioned defence of the heterdox Irish clergyman Samuel Hemphill in 1735. The author places the 25 year production of "Poor Richard's" almanac in the context of the early 18th-century moral and educational psychology. He examines the broad intellectual continuities uniting Franklin's 1726 journal of his return voyage to Philadelphia with successive editions of his "Experiments and Observations on Electricity", first published in 1751. The book also offers an examination of Franklin's seminal, and controversial, 1751 essay "Observations concerning the Increase of Mankind".
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN: 0801854458.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997, First Edition, 8vo, 261 pages. Book and jacket in very good+ condition.
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FINE in Fine jacket. New Studies in Intellectual and Cultural History. Xviii, 261 pp. Mauve cloth, silver gilt spine lettering, frontispiece. A pristine copy with like DJ.