Biography of thomas jefferson youtube

Part of what seems to make Jefferson so complex is that he is not merely a two-dimensional figure. The set of internal rules governing his behavior resembles a multi-variable differential equation whose output seems maddeningly inconsistent at times. But on a basic level, Jefferson is no different than most of us — guided by a small number of core convictions, steered by a larger set of general principles, and influenced by a broad group of more nebulous forces.

Only that smallest group of convictions seemed to guide Jefferson as if they were immutable laws of physics. His other principles and beliefs were more maleable, able to change under great strain, competing forces, or compelling circumstances of the moment.

Thomas Jefferson was a founding father to the Untied States.

He was a passionately private man, yet ended up in public office for most of his adult life. He professed the evils of slavery, yet owned slaves and may have even had a long-term relationship with one. He was intensely afraid of the power of a broad federal government under the direction of a strong president, yet as president did very little to curb that power and in many instances did just the opposite.

These seeming contradictions are less mysterious when we ask ourselves how a biographer would see our own lives, and the various complexities we each offer.

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I am equally unsurprised he could profess politically correct views on various topics, yet seem to violate those principles when it was convenient. But it does make drafting an elegant, straightforward character profile in a three- or four-hundred page book rather difficult. This series, to which Malone dedicated a huge chunk of his adult life, took me just five rather intense weeks to read.

The first five volumes won the Pulitzer Prize in In no other single-volume biography of any of our first three presidents can a reader find a more comprehensive book, chock-a-block with such an impressive level of relevant detail. Full review here.