Seven Great Virtues: Benjamin Franklin Presentation
Presentation
9/24/12
Essay #6
Jessica Brooks
Pd. 2
The essay Citizen Ben: A worldly American’s Seven Great Virtues by Walter Isaacson is an essay begins talking about Benjamin Franklin. When we think of Benjamin Franklin our minds automatically turn to the story about him flying a kite in a lightening storm with a rod on to prove that lightening was electricity. This is one thing that Franklin did but he did many more as well, in fact it says that he was an inventor diplomat, writer and business strategist. He helped bring the country that we live in today about. There are many views on him that show him in a good light and some that show him in a bad light. There are some that saw that he was shallow and didn’t show great religious passions for the man who came to America to bring about religious tolerance. While others say that he was “an exemplar of the personal character and civic virtue that are too often missing in today’s world.” Even after all of these opinions his actions showed that he wanted to live a good life through good works and making other peoples lives better.
The first of the seven great virtues talked about how Franklin didn’t really care about what people thought about his opinions. He created an alliace in order to get his feelings printed by his brother’s shop. They talked about how Franklin didn’t like the Puritan way of government. He thought that church and state needed to be separate, however you should not leave your religious beliefs behind. Throughout Franklin’s life he did a lot of compromising, the one thing that he would not compromise on was his aversion to tyranny. These beliefs made him become a founding father for his views on English’s taxes and other things.
Freedom of expression is one of the basic rights that Americans have, in fact it is in the First Amendment. Benjamin Franklin strongly believed in the importance of freedom of expression. Not only was it important to be able to living in a society
9/24/12
Essay #6
Jessica Brooks
Pd. 2
The essay Citizen Ben: A worldly American’s Seven Great Virtues by Walter Isaacson is an essay begins talking about Benjamin Franklin. When we think of Benjamin Franklin our minds automatically turn to the story about him flying a kite in a lightening storm with a rod on to prove that lightening was electricity. This is one thing that Franklin did but he did many more as well, in fact it says that he was an inventor diplomat, writer and business strategist. He helped bring the country that we live in today about. There are many views on him that show him in a good light and some that show him in a bad light. There are some that saw that he was shallow and didn’t show great religious passions for the man who came to America to bring about religious tolerance. While others say that he was “an exemplar of the personal character and civic virtue that are too often missing in today’s world.” Even after all of these opinions his actions showed that he wanted to live a good life through good works and making other peoples lives better.
The first of the seven great virtues talked about how Franklin didn’t really care about what people thought about his opinions. He created an alliace in order to get his feelings printed by his brother’s shop. They talked about how Franklin didn’t like the Puritan way of government. He thought that church and state needed to be separate, however you should not leave your religious beliefs behind. Throughout Franklin’s life he did a lot of compromising, the one thing that he would not compromise on was his aversion to tyranny. These beliefs made him become a founding father for his views on English’s taxes and other things.
Freedom of expression is one of the basic rights that Americans have, in fact it is in the First Amendment. Benjamin Franklin strongly believed in the importance of freedom of expression. Not only was it important to be able to living in a society