The philosophy of the American Revolution
By: by Morton White.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Philosophy, American -- History.; United States -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
Description: In this study of the fundamental philosophical ideas associated with the American Revolution the author focuses on the Declaration of Independence and refers to many occasions to other American Revolutionary writings of the eighteenth century in an effort to analyze the epistemology, metaphysics, philosophical theology and ethics upon which the revolutionaries rested their claim to independence.
Notes: Includes index.