A01=Matthew Stewart
Author_Matthew Stewart
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- ISBN 9780393351293
- Weight: 583g
- Dimensions: 140 x 211mm
- Publication Date: 13 Jul 2017
- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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America’s founders intended to liberate us not just from one king but from the ghostly tyranny of supernatural religion. Drawing deeply on the study of European philosophy, Matthew Stewart brilliantly tracks the ancient, pagan, and continental ideas from which America’s revolutionaries drew their inspiration. In the writings of Spinoza, Lucretius, and other great philosophers, Stewart recovers the true meanings of “Nature’s God,” “the pursuit of happiness,” and the radical political theory with which the American experiment in self-government began.
Matthew Stewart is an independent philosopher and historian who has written extensively about the philosophical origins of the American republic. His work has appeared in?The Atlantic,?The?Washington Post,?The Wall Street Journal, and more. He is currently based in London.
