Seedtime of the Republic: The Origin of the American Tradition of Political LibertyInterpretive account of; the colonial experiences and political philosophny which gave use to the American Revolution. |
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... reason in the systems of the great saints like Hooker and Cotton , to the decisive fact of intellectual history that the Puritans , scholastics all , were overly anxious to demonstrate logically the coherency and consistency of revealed ...
... reason in the systems of the great saints like Hooker and Cotton , to the decisive fact of intellectual history that the Puritans , scholastics all , were overly anxious to demonstrate logically the coherency and consistency of revealed ...
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... reason into " an universal rule , as well in religious , as civil affairs , " " it played a part in ridding educated ... reason was " speculative Virtue " and virtue " prac- tical Reason . " 98 We shall learn more of this liberating ...
... reason into " an universal rule , as well in religious , as civil affairs , " " it played a part in ridding educated ... reason was " speculative Virtue " and virtue " prac- tical Reason . " 98 We shall learn more of this liberating ...
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... reason and equity.- As neither reason requires , nor religeon permits the contrary , every Man living in or out of a state of civil society , has a right peaceably and quietly to worship God according to the dictates of his conscience ...
... reason and equity.- As neither reason requires , nor religeon permits the contrary , every Man living in or out of a state of civil society , has a right peaceably and quietly to worship God according to the dictates of his conscience ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
Colonial Government and the Rise of Liberty | 12 |
Colonial Religion and the Rise of Liberty | 36 |
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