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The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind: Thomas Jefferson鈥檚 Idea of a University

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Already renowned as a statesman, Thomas Jefferson in his retirement from government turned his attention to the founding of an institution of higher learning. Along with the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, he regarded it as one of the three greatest achievements in his life. Nonetheless, historians often treat this period as an epilogue to Jefferson鈥檚 career. In The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind, author Andrew O鈥橲haughnessy offers a twin biography of Jefferson in retirement and of the University of Virginia in its earliest years. He reveals how Jefferson鈥檚 vision anticipated the modern university and profoundly influenced the development of American higher education. Joining the author in conversation will be Holly Brewer, professor of history at the University of Maryland.