The American soul : rediscovering the wisdom of the founders by Needleman, Jacob instant download

The American soul : rediscovering the wisdom of the founders by Needleman, Jacob instant download

xxii, 377 pages ; 24 cm, Explores the timeless truths hidden within the founding vision of the American nation and discusses how people can find comfort in the vision in difficult times, Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-361), I. The idea of America. One: Our America. America and the teachings of wisdom -- The American virtues and their shadows -- The American soul -- II. In the beginning. Two: Remembering America -- Three: The myth and the character of George Washington. The most influential man in our history -- Four: Thomas Jefferson: Democracy as the communal self. The Declaration of Independence -- Five: Individuality: A meditation on the face of Lincoln -- III. The crimes of America. The angels of Eden. Six: The American Indian. The culture of the American Indian -- The two brothers -- The great peace and the Iroquois Confederacy -- Seven: Slavery and the story of America. Frederick Douglass speaks -- IV. The two democracies. Eight: the wound and the turning -- Nine: Ephrata: In search of the second democracy. The Ephrata story -- Ten: Walt Whitman and the meaning of America -- Conclusion: The America of our hopes. Eleven: The guardian at the door -- Twelve: Toward a community of conscience