Benjamin Franklin's Source Of Wisdom

Benjamin Franklin’s Source of Wisdom
Industry is defined as, “ the aggregate of manufacturing or technologically productive enterprises in a particular field.” In 1748, Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter entitled, “ Advice to a young tradesman. The words on his page were symbols of what was going on in the world around him Franklin was introducing ideas about industry and frugality that were perfect for the people living in what we now know as the great transformation.
Specifically, Franklin’s words reflect the social and cultural outlook of a new class called the “Bourgeois,” class of 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Franklin highlighted a social outlook of the new middle class as one of, how families during this time raised their children. He teaches, “nothing contributes more to the raising of a young man in the world than punctuality and justice in all his dealings.” In the time of the great transformation young men were raised as tradesman if they were to be wealthy. The fact that Franklin uses the word, “nothing” to say what is more beneficial to raising a young man he rules out all the stereotypical traits a young man might have: honesty, dignity, confidence in himself and so on. In Franklin’s time he was to only be raised as a punctual, just person.
Culturally, Franklin’s work reflects the Christian faith that eventually begins to change to Deistic. In his letter he writes, “ if that Being who governs the world, to whom all should look for a blessing on their honest endeavors, doth not in His wise providence otherwise determine.” In this statement, Franklin refers to God as “that Being who governs the world,” the fact that there is only one Being mentioned tells us that the culture was not polytheistic. It also tells the reader that the goals people had to accomplish(such as facilitating new rulers in foreign countries) should be “honest,” then the faith that the people had in one God would ensure blessing upon them. The passage also tells us that the...