I am inclined to believe that the framers were an authentically American, uniquely American, and uniquely lawyerly generation of thinkers who have as much in common with twentieth-century pragmatists as with seventeenth-century empiricists (or rationalists).
Evidence
Philosophers are both effects and causes: effects of their social circumstances and of the politics and institutions of their time; causes (if they are fortunate) of beliefs which mould the politics and institutions of later ages. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 32 (
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Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Although Jefferson may have had these ideas in mind, I think he meant something more than this-something quite distinct-and I imagine the American relationship to European thought to have been far less that of a client than is usually supposed. I am inclined to believe that the framers were an authentically American, uniquely American, and uniquely lawyerly generation of thinkers who have as much in common with twentieth-century pragmatists as with seventeenth-century empiricists (or rationalists).; Philosophers both reflect their historical milieu and shape future institutions — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 32
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Broader Connections
- Philosophers both reflect their historical milieu and shape future institutions
#expands(0.60) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 32