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The American Soul

Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Founders

Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Founders

By Jacob Needleman

By Jacob Needleman

By Jacob Needleman

By Jacob Needleman

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Jun 02, 2003 | ISBN 9781585422265

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Jun 02, 2003 | ISBN 9781440650444

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    About The American Soul

    Looking at the lives of America’s founders-including Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin-scholar and bestselling author Jacob Needleman explores their core of inner beliefs; their religious and spiritual sensibilities; and their individual conception of the purpose of life. 

    The founders, Needleman argues, conceived of an “inner democracy”: a continual pursuit of wisdom and self-improvement that would undergird the outer democracy in which we live today. Any understanding of America as a nation of spiritual values will in the years ahead require Needleman’s work as a point of reference.

    About The American Soul

    Looking at the lives of America’s founders-including Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin-scholar and bestselling author Jacob Needleman explores their core of inner beliefs; their religious and spiritual sensibilities; and their individual conception of the purpose of life. 

    The founders, Needleman argues, conceived of an “inner democracy”: a continual pursuit of wisdom and self-improvement that would undergird the outer democracy in which we live today. Any understanding of America as a nation of spiritual values will in the years ahead require Needleman’s work as a point of reference.

    Also by Jacob Needleman

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    Why Can't We Be Good?
    The Essential Marcus Aurelius
    See all books by Jacob Needleman

    Also by Jacob Needleman

    An Unknown World
    What Is God?
    The New Religions
    Why Can't We Be Good?
    The Essential Marcus Aurelius
    See all books by Jacob Needleman

    About Jacob Needleman

    Jacob Needleman is professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University. He is the author of many bestselling books, including, most recently, A Little Book on Love.

    About Jacob Needleman

    Jacob Needleman is professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University. He is the author of many bestselling books, including, most recently, A Little Book on Love.

    Product Details

    Category: Spiritual Nonfiction | Religion | Colonial/Revolutionary War History | Politics

    Paperback | $24.00
    Published by TarcherPerigee
    Jun 02, 2003 | 400 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9781585422265

    Category: Spiritual Nonfiction | Religion | Colonial/Revolutionary War History | Politics

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by TarcherPerigee
    Jun 02, 2003 | 400 Pages | ISBN 9781440650444

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    Praise

    “If ever a work of philosophical ideas arrived at a time when human events make it not only timely but urgently relevant, The American Soul is such a book.” –San Francisco Chronicle

    “So literate it comes close to poetry…[This] book makes you think and rethink most of the ideas you ever had about the stunning people who give American history both its exceptionalism and its commonalities.” –Martin Peretz

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