While every biographer has something to say concerning Thomas Jefferson's cavernous mind his varied interests and the depth of his understanding of them there has never been, strange as it might seem, a non-anthology dedicated to fleshing out key features of his mind, exploring Jefferson's varied interests through his var-ied personae. This book does just that, studying Jefferson as law-yer, moralist, politician, scientist, epistolist, aesthetician, farmer, educationalist, and philologist.In tracing out the many hats Jefferson wore, there are many dis-closures here. For instance, personal growth and human betterment were driving forces throughout his life, and they shaped his liberal and agrarian political philosophy, which, in turn, shaped his philos-ophy of education. Moreover, Jefferson was a great lover of beau-ty, but beauty for him was always second to functionality. That had implications for his views on agriculture, morality, aesthetics, philology, and even the Fine Arts.The structure of this book covering an array of topics of large at-traction to Jefferson will make it appeal to a large audience. In addition, scholarly details in each chapter will make it must-read for Jeffersonian researchers.