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02438aam a2200397 i 4500 001 197BE72C2FC611E7A3652FCCDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170503010126 008 170310s2017 ncua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017011402 020 $a 1476669244 020 $a 9781476669243 035 $a (OCoLC)975998449 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d YDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E332.2 $b .H6639 2017 082 00 $a 973.4/6092 $2 23 100 1 $a Holowchak, Mark, $d 1958- $e author. 245 10 $a Thomas Jefferson : $b moralist / $c M. Andrew Holowchak. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2017] 300 $a vii, 259 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a "The ennui ... of a tedious sermon": head versus heart in a love letter to Maria Cosway -- "Art appears too much": Jefferson and the moral and aesthetic senses -- "Expediency can never contend with virtue": Jefferson's ancient philosophy sources -- "The law of nature ... cannot be stationary": Jefferson's curious immixture of modern moralists -- Ethicizing through truth and untruth: the lessons of history and useful fiction -- The politics of progress: the lessons of government by the few -- Duty to God and duty to man: Jefferson on religion, sectarian and natural -- Government by the natural aristoi: education and the problem of virtuous politicians -- The (stoic) sage of Monticello: "truth [as] a branch of morality." 520 $a "Drawing on a careful reading of his writings and an examination of his known readings on morality, this study argues that Jefferson developed early a consistent moral sense--Stoical in essence and focused on his own moral improvement--and maintained it throughout his life"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Jefferson, Thomas, $d 1743-1826 $x Ethics. 600 17 $a Jefferson, Thomas, $d 1743-1826. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00040754 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $v Biography. 650 7 $a Ethics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00915833 650 7 $a Presidents. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01075723 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170503024559.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=197BE72C2FC611E7A3652FCCDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search