Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards (Known as "Philosopher of the Great Awakening")

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Born Oct 05, 1703

East Windsor (Connecticut), United States

Passed Away Mar 22, 1758 Princeton (New Jersey), British America

Lifespan 54 years old

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"Resolution One: I will do whatsoever I think to be most to God's glory, and my own good, profit, and pleasure, in the whole of my duration."

Archival Overview

Titan of American philosophical theology, revivalist of the First Great Awakening, and president of Princeton whose 'Religious Affections' and 'Freedom of the Will' shaped American intellectual life.

Biographical Record

Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758 CE) entered Yale College at age twelve, graduating valedictorian and becoming pastor of Northampton, Massachusetts in 1729.

His preaching triggered the First Great Awakening, famously delivering Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, while his philosophical treatises Freedom of the Will and The Nature of True Virtue established him as America's greatest early philosophical mind.

Key Life Milestones

1734

The Northampton Revival

Preached sermons on justification by faith, igniting sweeping spiritual awakenings across New England and England.

1754

Freedom of the Will Published

Authored 'A Careful and Strict Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will', celebrated as a landmark in Western philosophical determinism.

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Final Resting Place

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Princeton Cemetery
Princeton, New Jersey, United States

                         GPS: 40.3517, -74.6617                    

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