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Thomas Jefferson, who died
in 1826, looms ever larger as a figure of special significance. Americans, of
course, are familiar with Jefferson as an early statesman, author of the
Declaration of Independence, and a high-ranking presidential Founding Father.
But there is another Jefferson less well known. This is the Jefferson who, as
the outstanding American philosopher of democracy, has an increasing appeal to
the world’s newly emerging peoples.
There is no other man in
history who formulated the ideas of democracy with such fullness,
persuasiveness, and logic. Those interested in democracy as a poetical
philosophy and system—even those who do not accept his postulates or are
critical of his solutions—must reckon with his thought.
What,
then, is his thought, and how much of it is still relevant under modern
conditions
Of all the ideas and beliefs that make up the
political philosophy known
A. explain Jefferson’s ideas of democracy
B. exalt Jefferson as an outstanding philosopher
C. illustrate Jefferson’s influence on modem politics
D. view Jeffersonian democracy under modern conditions