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Declaration of Independence

Disciplines:
political philosophy
law

Summary

The founding document of the United States authored primarily by Thomas Jefferson, asserting self-evident truths about equality and inalienable rights as the philosophical basis for colonial independence.

Core Contribution

Philosophical grounding of republican revolution in natural rights theory: all men are created equal; governments derive just powers from the consent of the governed; the people have the right to alter or abolish destructive government.

Historical Influences

Thomas Jefferson

Intellectual Lineage

No conceptual lineage found.

Allied Works

The Second Treatise of GovernmentCommon Sense The Federalist Papers

Contemporaries & Peers

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Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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