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On the Morality of Chess

Franklin's thoughts about chess help us understand our founding principles

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Your Equal Genius in Softer language

Phillis Wheatley's Revolutionary Equality

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Receiving the Declaration

How did the British react to the Declaration of Independence?

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Happy Birthday, Benjamin Franklin!

One of our oldest founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts.

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A Conversation with Ralph Lerner

Ralph Lerner, a JMC faculty partner and Benjamin Franklin Professor Emeritus in the College and the Committee on Social Thought, discusses his new book.

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Constitution Day at Missouri State

Monday, September 29
Library Auditorium 101

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Carolyn Purnell on Ben Franklin’s 13 Tips for Happiness

JMC–Templeton Postdoctoral Fellow draws life lessons from Ben Franklin.

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McClure on Self-Interest in Franklin’s Autobiography

For Franklin, or at least his persona in the Autobiography, there was no conflict between egoism and altruism, and he is therefore the embodiment of a type of self-interest well understood.

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Best Books on Benjamin Franklin: Lorraine Pangle

Benjamin Franklin: One of our best educators on human nature and the qualities and habits that individuals need in order to become happy and that peoples need in order to become and to remain free.

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