The Enlightenment in America, 1720-1825 Vol 2, Torre 9781138759640 New..

Taylor & Francis

Aims to modify the periodization for the American Enlightenment > Aims to modify the periodization for the American Enlightenment. Americans did accept an early and moderate Enlightenment characterised by the work of Locke and Newton. This collection highlights the functional nature of the Enlightenment in America. > Volume 2: Education Literature and the Fine Arts Introduction Education Pedagogical Promotion \u2018Hippocrates Mithridate\u2019 [William Livingston], Some Serious Thoughts on the Design of Erecting a College in the Province of New-York (1749) [William Smith], Some Thoughts on Education (1752) [Timothy Dwight], An Essay on Education; Delivered at the Public Commencement, at Yale College, in New Haven, September 9th, 1772 (1772) [Anthony Benezet], Some Necessary Remarks on the Education of the Youth on the Country Parts of This and the Neighbouring Governments ([1778]) Popular Consumption of Knowledge [Anon.], The Balloon Almanac, for the year of our Lord, 1786 (17s