THE AMERICAN SOUL: REDISCOVERING THE WISDOM OF THE FOUNDERS

Needleman, Jacob

ISBN 10: 1585421383 / ISBN 13: 9781585421381

Edité par Putnams, New York, 2002

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Signed by the author on the title page; 371 pages. Jacob Needleman takes a new sounding of the inner beliefs and spiritual sensibilities of the great iconic figures of America. His powerfully conceived portraits show us George Washington as the great symbol of selfless impartiality; Thomas Jefferson as the embodiment of the communal search for truth; Benjamin Franklin as the seeker of knowledge in two worlds. Abraham Lincoln emerges as the incarnation of the ideal of the individual; Frederick Douglas as the voice of America's conscience; and the story of the Iroquois constitution reveals the cosmic dimensions of America's ideal of democracy. Dr. Needleman's preamble presents a view of America from one of his twentieth century teachers. Fine condition in a fine dust jacket. N° de réf. du vendeur 7158

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Titre : THE AMERICAN SOUL: REDISCOVERING THE WISDOM ...

Éditeur : Putnams, New York

Date d'édition : 2002

Reliure : Couverture rigide

Etat de la jaquette : Jaquette

Signé : Signé par l'auteur

Edition : First edition.

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Book by Needleman Jacob

Présentation de l'éditeur:

Looking at the lives of America's founders-including Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin-scholar and bestselling author Jacob Needleman explores their core of inner beliefs; their religious and spiritual sensibilities; and their individual conception of the purpose of life. 

The founders, Needleman argues, conceived of an "inner democracy": a continual pursuit of wisdom and self-improvement that would undergird the outer democracy in which we live today. Any understanding of America as a nation of spiritual values will in the years ahead require Needleman's work as a point of reference.