tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post3639838592941362677..comments2024-03-17T14:55:33.289-06:00Comments on American Creation: Witherspoon, Edwards, and Natural Law at PrincetonBrad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-72029797822381960682011-09-16T08:25:18.985-06:002011-09-16T08:25:18.985-06:00Interesting documentation of a cultural change and...Interesting documentation of a cultural change and outlook. Witherspoon, in himself and as a mentor to Madison, is certainly a major religious figure of our founding period. <br /><br />His bottoms up approach to knowledge always strikes me as essential to the difference between the Anglo-American and Continental Enlightenment approaches. Of course, he has that faith that empirical truth and scripture will coincide. After all, he is a minister.Jason Pappashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18233796281520274898noreply@blogger.com