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When I was still teaching high school courses in American History, AP US History, Political Parties, and Political Philosophy, I would have my students carefully read and complete this essay assignment. Read it for yourself and reflect upon how you would answer the two questions at the end. THE DECLARATION AND OUR CIVIC CONSCIENCE By Charles Burris One of the major objectives of this course is for each student to engage in a careful and measured, disinterested, reflection upon what it means to be an American citizen. What better place is there to begin such an examination of our … Continue reading →
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As a true man of the Enlightenment, in his parlor at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson had portraits of the persons whom he considered the three greatest men who had ever lived: Sir Francis Bacon, Sir Issac Newton, and John Locke. There is a vast amount of specialized interdisciplinary academic studies on the origins of modern science, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and their roots in esoteric knowledge and occult traditions with the religious, philosophical and political implications which are largely unknown to the general public. These scholarly works have revolutionized and transformed how we view the history of the past 500 years … Continue reading →