Tag: American Founders
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Logos and Divine Providence in George Washington’s Faith
An equivalent of the “divine spark” in ancient Stoic philosophy is the logos spermatikos, which was transmitted through Roman Republicanism, Christianity, and Enlightenment thinkers. While George Washington’s writings and speeches do not explicitly use the term, his quiet Christian faith relies heavily on Christian divine providence, natural rights endowed by a Creator, and the moral…
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Historical Sources of the American Founders
“The American Founders drew on an astonishingly wide range of historical sources. They invoked the Greek city-states, the Carolingian Dynasty [Empire of the Romans and Franks], and the Ottoman Empire in the Constitution’s defense. And they assumed that the new nation’s citizens would themselves be versed in history and political philosophy. Ignorance of the intellectual…
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American Founders inspired by Classical Greece and Rome
A number of the American founders were classicists, and were trained in the classics in their colonial education, and American Romanità demonstrates how Classicism was integral to education in the U.S., and not simply an “elite education.” It should also be kept in mind, that the first U.S. president, George Washington was honored on Masonic…
The American Minervan 