Common Sense Nation: Unlocking the Forgotten Power of the American Idea by Curry, Robert
Common Sense Nation: Unlocking the Forgotten Power of the American Idea by Curry, Robert

Common Sense Nation: Unlocking the Forgotten Power of the American Idea

"We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed...
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Common Sense Nation: Unlocking the Forgotten Power of the American Idea by Curry, Robert

Common Sense Nation: Unlocking the Forgotten Power of the American Idea

CHF 31.45
Common Sense Nation: Unlocking the Forgotten Power of the American Idea by Curry, Robert

Common Sense Nation: Unlocking the Forgotten Power of the American Idea

CHF 31.45
Author: Robert Curry
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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"We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

We have heard and read this sentence all our lives. It is perfectly familiar. But if we pause long enough to ask ourselves why Jefferson wrote it in exactly this way, questions quickly arise.

Jefferson chose to use rather special and very precise terms. He did not simply claim that we have these rights; he claimed they are unalienable. Why "unalienable"? Unalienable, of course, means not alienable. Why was the distinction between alienable and unalienable rights so important to the Founders that it made its way into the Declaration? For that matter, where did it come from? You might almost get the impression that the Founders' examination of our rights had focused on alienable versus unalienable rights--and you would be correct.

In addition, the Declaration does not simply claim that these are truths; it claims they are self-evident truths. Why "self-evident"? The Declaration's special claim about its truths, it turns out, is the result of those same deliberations as a result of which, in the words of George Washington, "the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined than at any former period."

If a friendly visitor from another country sat you down and asked you with sincere interest why the Declaration highlights these very special terms, could you answer them clearly and accurately and with confidence? Would you like to be able to?


Author: Robert Curry
Publisher: Encounter Books
Published: 11/24/2015
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781594038259

About the Author
Robert Curry serves on the Board of Directors of the Claremont Institute. His reviews and articles have appeared in the Claremont Review of Books, The Federalist, The American Thinker, The View From 1776, and Victor Hanson's Private Papers.
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