DOI: 10.4324/9780415249126-DB031-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/franklin-benjamin-1709-90/v-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
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Article Summary
Benjamin Franklin was a candlemaker’s son who became a successful businessman, politician, diplomat, scientist, philosopher, writer, and social reformer. He played a major role in winning American independence and in American intellectual history. In philosophy Franklin was a deist, and struggled much with problems of morality and determinism.
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