1:23:29 According to Hearndon, the French philosopher Lincoln read is Volney. Volney’s Ruins of Empires (1791) was very popular among abolitionists and anti-slavery activists. Volney argues for the essential equality of all humans in his book. Volney’s Ruins was the source of the information Lincoln used to compose his essay Why Jesus Was Not Divine. What neither Hearndon nor Lincoln knew, was that Thomas Jefferson translated Volney’s Ruins. In effect, Lincoln was reading Volney through the lens of Jefferson. This discovery was made by Gilbert Chinard in 1923.
I learn from each volume of this series about America’s greatest President!
When is Sidney going to finish Lincoln volume 4 biography??? The world is waiting
Why did Sidney not explain what Charles Sumpter said in "The Crimes Against Kansas" speech that almost got him killed in the Capital Building?
1:23:29 According to Hearndon, the French philosopher Lincoln read is Volney. Volney’s Ruins of Empires (1791) was very popular among abolitionists and anti-slavery activists. Volney argues for the essential equality of all humans in his book. Volney’s Ruins was the source of the information Lincoln used to compose his essay Why Jesus Was Not Divine. What neither Hearndon nor Lincoln knew, was that Thomas Jefferson translated Volney’s Ruins. In effect, Lincoln was reading Volney through the lens of Jefferson. This discovery was made by Gilbert Chinard in 1923.
“A controversial subject”…wow.
where can I obtain an audiobook for his series of books?