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Trend & Tradition
| Title |
Free to Be Happy (Live and Learn)
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| Issue |
Volume 01, Number 03 (T&T, Summer 2016)
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| Description |
The article from the pages of TIME magazine reviews the purpose and planning of the Founding Fathers as they drafted the Declaration of Independence.The idea of the pursuit of happiness was ancient, yet until Philadelphia it had never been given a place in the scheme of human government. Influences of the great philosophers from Aristotle to the Enlightenment are cited and compared to contemporary political theories.
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| Author |
Meacham, Jon
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| Pages |
88-91
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