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Creation Date
1-21-2005
Description
This lamp on the southwest corner of Independence Hall is a fitting symbol of the influence the English and Scottish enlightenments had on the founding generation. The founders were not much influenced by the French Enlightenment, the thought of which tended to be more abstract, utopian, and ideological than that of the English and Scottish enlightenments.
The founders, even the most deistic among them, were also thoroughly informed by Judeo-Christian teachings.
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Photos and text © Gleaves Whitney 2005
