TY - BOOK AU - Valsania,Maurizio ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The limits of optimism: Thomas Jefferson's dualistic enlightenment T2 - Jeffersonian America AV - E332.2 .V35 2011eb U1 - 973.4/6092 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Charlottesville PB - University of Virginia Press KW - Jefferson, Thomas, KW - Enlightenment KW - United States KW - Intellectual life KW - 18th century KW - Politics and government KW - 1775-1783 KW - 1783-1865 KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Enlightenment and dualism -- Optimism as certainty -- From faith to hope -- Nature and time as overwhelming powers -- Impossibility and despondency -- Dream, imagination, and expediency; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10554878 ER -