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Author

Valsania, Maurizio, 1965-

Title The limits of optimism [electronic resource] : Thomas Jefferson's dualistic enlightenment / Maurizio Valsania.

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Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	207 p.
Series	Jeffersonian America
	Jeffersonian America.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Enlightenment and dualism -- Optimism as certainty -- From faith to hope -- Nature and time as overwhelming powers -- Impossibility and despondency -- Dream, imagination, and expediency.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
	Enlightenment -- United States.
	United States -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
	United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
	United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780813931449 (cloth alk. paper)
	0813931444 (cloth alk. paper)
	9780813931517 (electronic bk.)