America's founding secret

America's founding secret

By Robert W. Galvin

Book Description

Discover the hidden philosophical foundations that shaped America's revolutionary experiment in self-governance. Robert W. Galvin unveils a fascinating chapter of history that connects the intellectual ferment of eighteenth-century Scotland to the birth of the United States.

While most Americans recognize the contributions of Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton, far fewer understand how Scottish thinkers like Francis Hutcheson, Adam Smith, Thomas Reid, Dugald Stewart, and David Hume profoundly influenced America's founding principles. These philosophers of the Scottish Enlightenment provided the intellectual framework that America's founders drew upon when crafting a new form of government.

Galvin explores how these Scottish ideas became the philosophical bedrock for a nation designed to foster economic progress through commerce and private enterprise. The book reveals how Enlightenment thinking from Scotland traveled across the Atlantic to inform the revolutionary concepts of individual liberty, economic freedom, and democratic governance that would define the American experiment.

This concise exploration offers readers insight into the intellectual currents that shaped not just a nation's political structure, but its fundamental approach to human potential and prosperity. For those interested in understanding how ideas transform societies and influence the development of human consciousness, this work illuminates the powerful connection between philosophical thought and practical governance.

Through examining this transatlantic exchange of ideas, readers gain perspective on how intellectual movements can reshape entire civilizations.

Who Is This For?

📖 Reading Level: Short (< 200 pages) (~3 hours)

📄 Length: 101 pages

What You'll Discover

  • ✓ Explore Scotland, intellectual life
  • ✓ Explore Political science
  • ✓ Explore History
  • ✓ Explore Political science, united states
  • ✓ Explore United states, civilization
  • ✓ Explore Intellectual life
  • ✓ Explore United states, intellectual life
  • ✓ Learn about the path to enlightenment

Topics Covered

Scotland, intellectual life Political science History Political science, united states United states, civilization Intellectual life United states, intellectual life Enlightenment Civilization Scottish influences

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