The Intellectual Origins of Jeffersonian

In print here for the first time is the dissertation of Douglass G. Adair, a classic work that-despite being formally unpublished since its writing in 1943-has had a profound influence on several generations of historians of American political thought. It is a masterpiece of exploration into and analysis of the sources of American republican thought.

Douglass G. Adair was Professor of History at the College of William and Mary and Claremont Graduate School Mark E. Yellin teaches at North Carolina State University.

Foreword

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Joyce Appleby

Introduction

xiii

Editor's Note

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The Intellectual Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy

Summary

1

(2)

A Polemical Prologue

3

(14)

The Constant and Universal Principles of Human Nature

17

(22)

According to Aristotle

39

(18)

The Desperate Debtor and the Hall of Mirrors

57

(32)

The High Toned Government

89

(20)

The Extended Republic

109

(44)

The Virtuous Farmer

153

(12)

Epilogue

165

(4)

Appendix Bibliographic Essay

169

(6)

Bibliography

175

(6)

Index

181

(6)

About the Author

187

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The Intellectual Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy Republicanism, the Class Struggle, and the Virtuous Farmer

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