兰登现代图书馆系列 光明与自由 Light and Liberty 英文原版
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作者Thomas Jefferson
出版社Penguin USA
ISBN9780812974324
出版时间2005-05
印刷时间2005-05
印数1千册
装帧平装
开本32开
纸张轻型纸
页数176页
字数1千字
定价127元
上书时间2024-10-23
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By (author) Thomas Jefferson
Series:Modern Library
Format:Paperback / softback 176 pages
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Modern Library Inc
ISBN:9780812974324
Published: 11 Mar 2005
Classifications:Educational: History
Dimensions:129.54 x 203.2 x 10.16mm | 158.76g
Readership:Children / Juvenile
Pub. Country:United States
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书籍简介
如果托马斯·杰斐逊能活着读到这本书，他一定能认出每一个句子，每一个优雅的措辞，每一个崇高而优美的表达理念。事实上，书中的每一个字都是他的。在一次惊人的编辑壮举中，埃里克·S·彼得森(Eric S. Petersen)精选了托马斯·杰斐逊(Thomas Jefferson)的全部出版作品，形成了34篇原创文章，主题从爱国主义、自由到希望、谦逊和感激。其结果是对美国伟大的政治思想家之一的智慧进行了清晰、鼓舞人心的提炼。
从他个人的座右铭——“反抗暴君就是服从上帝”——到他在《独立宣言》中关于“生命、自由和追求幸福”的响亮演讲，杰斐逊定义了美国精神的基本真理。彼得森从信件、演讲和公开文件中提炼出的散文，体现了杰弗逊独特的道德哲学和远见卓识。在这本书中收集的数百个精彩的句子中，有一些杰弗逊的声明：
感恩:“对于人类和国家，我只有一种道德体系——心存感激，忠于所有约定，在任何情况下都保持开放和慷慨。”
宗教:“纯粹是上帝与良心之间的关系。”
美国的民族性格:“没有什么是绝望的，这是美国性格的一部分;用决心和发明来克服一切困难。”
公共债务:“我们都将认为自己没有权力让子孙后代背负债务，而且在道德上有义务自己偿还。”
战争:“我痛恨战争，认为它是人类的祸害。”
这三十四篇文章以严谨庄重的韵律，为我们提供了一种永恒的指导，让我们过着充实心灵的生活。《光明与自由》是一部洋洋洒洒的胜利之作，就像杰斐逊首次把这些不朽的句子写在纸上时一样令人振奋。
Were Thomas Jefferson alive to read this book, he would recognize every sentence, every elegant turn of phrase, every lofty, beautifully expressed idea. Indeed, every word in the book is his. In an astonishing feat of editing, Eric S. Petersen has culled the entirety of Thomas Jefferson’s published works to fashion thirty-four original essays on themes ranging from patriotism and liberty to hope, humility, and gratitude. The result is a lucid, inspiring distillation of the wisdom of one of America’s greatest political thinkers.
From his personal motto—“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God”—to his resounding discourse on “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” in the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson defined the essential truth of the American spirit. In the essays that Petersen has crafted from letters, speeches, and public documents, Jefferson’s unique moral philosophy and vision shine through. Among the hundreds of magnificent sentences gathered in this volume, here are Jefferson’s pronouncements on
Gratitude: “I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations—
to be grateful, to be faithful to all engagements and under all circumstances, to be open and generous.”
Religion: “A concern purely between our God and our consciences.”
America’s national character: “It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate; to surmount every difficulty with resolution and contrivance.”
Public debt: “We shall all consider ourselves unauthorized to saddle posterity with our debts, and morally bound to pay them ourselves.”
War: “I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.”
In stately measured cadences, these thirty-four essays provide timeless guidance on leading a spiritually fulfilling life. Light and Liberty is a triumphant work of supreme eloquence, as uplifting today as when Jefferson first set these immortal sentences on paper.
作者简介
ERIC S. PETERSEN是纽约Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP律师事务所的管理合伙人。他曾就读于布朗大学(Brown University)和芝加哥大学法学院(University of Chicago Law School)，自1993年以来一直研究杰斐逊的生活和工作。
ERIC S. PETERSEN is a managing partner at the New York law firm of Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP. Educated at Brown University and the University of Chicago Law School, he has studied Jefferson’s life and works since 1993.
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