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04259aam a2200577 i 4500 001 8DBC1460D86411EE9510A68C40ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240302011431 008 230622t20242024nyu b 001 0ceng d 020 $a 9781668002476 (hardcover) 020 $a 1668002477 035 $a (OCoLC)1384412648 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d IOU $d OCLCO $d AZH $d HBP $d OCLCO $d IUO $d HRF $d GO6 $d ZNS $d IEP $d CLE $d P$H $d OCLCO $d JTH $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a E302.5 $b .R67 2024 082 04 $a 973.3 $2 23 100 1 $a Rosen, Jeffrey, $d 1964- $e author. 245 14 $a The pursuit of happiness : $b how classical writers on virtue inspired the lives of the founders and defined America / $c Jeffrey Rosen. 246 30 $a How classical writers on virtue inspired the lives of the founders and defined America 250 $a First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. 260 $a New York : $b Simon & Schuster, $c 2024. 300 $a vii, 355 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Order: twelve virtues and the pursuit of happiness -- Temperance: Ben Franklin's quest for moral perfection -- Humility: John and Abigail Adams's self-accounting -- Industry: Thomas Jefferson's reading list -- Frugality: James Wilson and George Mason's debts -- Sincerity: Phillis Wheatley and the enslavers' avarice -- Resolution: George Washington's self-command -- Moderation: James Madison and Alexander Hamilton's Constitution -- Tranquility: Adams and Jefferson's reconciliation -- Cleanliness: John Quincy Adams's composure -- Justice: Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln's self-reliance -- Silence: pursuing happiness today. 520 $a "The Declaration of Independence identified "the pursuit of happiness" as one of our unalienable rights, along with life and liberty. Jeffrey Rosen, the president of the National Constitution Center, profiles six of the most influential founders--Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton--to show what pursuing happiness meant in their lives. By reading the classical Greek and Roman moral philosophers who inspired the Founders, Rosen shows us how they understood the pursuit of happiness as a quest for being good, not feeling good--the pursuit of lifelong virtue, not short-term pleasure. Among those virtues were the habits of industry, temperance, moderation, and sincerity, which the Founders viewed as part of a daily struggle for self-improvement, character development, and calm self-mastery. They believed that political self-government required personal self-government. For all six Founders, the pursuit of virtue was incompatible with enslavement of African Americans, although the Virginians betrayed their own principles. The Pursuit of Happiness is more than an elucidation of the Declaration's famous phrase; it is a revelatory journey into the minds of the Founders, and a deep, rich, and fresh understanding of the foundation of our democracy"-- $c Amazon. 650 0 $a Founding Fathers of the United States $x Books and reading $v Biography. 650 0 $a Founding Fathers of the United States $x History $v Biography. 650 0 $a Happiness $x Philosophy. 650 0 $a Virtue $x Literary themes, motives. 650 0 $a Ethics, Ancient $x Influence. 650 0 $a Philosophy, Ancient $x Influence. 650 0 $a Founding Fathers of the United States $x History. 650 0 $a Philosophy, Ancient. 651 0 $a United States $x Philosophy. $x Philosophy. 651 0 $a United States $x History. $x History. 651 0 $a United States $x History. 941 $a 13 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20240611032827.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240524011632.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240517012657.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20240509010453.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20240507010348.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20240502011005.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409045356.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20240409012800.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20240402013258.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20240402013124.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20240402011818.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20240305011709.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240302012219.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8DBC1460D86411EE9510A68C40ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search