This detailed analysis and evaluation of the enormously varied, rich, and productive career of one of nineteenth-century America's most interesting intellectuals includes discussions of Johnson's Treatise on Language and Treatise on Morality; appraisals by contemporaries of his works; and descriptions of his careers as banker, businessman, essayist, satirist, and philosopher.
This detailed analysis and evaluation of the enormously varied, rich, and productive career of one of nineteenth-century America's most interesting...