the icon of Rationalism 1706 1790 everything but a poet A man committed to the commonweal B Franklin The First American Printer apprentice gt owner ID: 259352
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Benjamin Franklin:the icon of Rationalism1706 - 1790
“…everything but a poet.” Slide2
A man committed to the commonweal: B. Franklin - “The First American”Printer – apprentice -> ownerWriter – Silence Do Good -> Poor Richard Saunders
Publisher
– newspaper -> almanac - > printing franchise
Civic advocate – library, hospital, Philosophical Society, fire department, fire insurance, Scientist – electricity, physics, oceanographyInventor – Franklin stove, swim flippers, bifocals, lightning rodDiplomat – colonial representative -> England & FranceStatesman – Continental Congress -> Declaration of Independence -> Treaty of Paris -> Constitutional ConventionSlide3
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin published in various editions 1790 - 1868 If he could, anyone could: runaway apprentice - > working man -> business owner -> civic advocate -> politician -> international diplomatSlide4
The Moral Essay “Arriving at Moral Perfection” - the thirteen virtuesAddresses the Rationalist belief in self-improvementEncourages logical, reasoned, orderly process – One virtue per week, thirteen weeks, repeated 4 times per year = Success!Metaphor of gardener: weeding one bed at a time keeps from overwhelming the gardener Slide5
AphorismsFrom Poor Richard’s Almanack
Published from 1732
til
1758
Common sense for and from the common man – everyday wisdom drawn from the common experience of everyday life: flies & honey horses & horseshoes visitors & fish Slide6
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