From Enlightenment to Romanticism: Anthology, Part 1This is the first of two anthologies designed to accompany the Open University course From Enlightenment to Romanticism, an interdisciplinary exploration of the changes and transitions in European culture between 1780 and 1830. sources on the death of the Old Regime, the Napoleonic phenomenon, slavery, religion and reform. Each selection is accompanied by a detailed introduction explaining the context and siginficance of the sources.Extracts in the anthology stimulate questions rather than provide reassuring answers and offer insights into the major events, movements and personaities of the time. |
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... debase them ; that to the inconceivable mysteries surrounding the great Being
they add absurd contradictions ; that they make man proud , intolerant , and cruel
; that , instead of establishing peace on earth , they bring sword and fire to it .
... debase them ; that to the inconceivable mysteries surrounding the great Being
they add absurd contradictions ; that they make man proud , intolerant , and cruel
; that , instead of establishing peace on earth , they bring sword and fire to it .
Page 50
You will always be near enough to the earth . God wants to be revered in spirit
and in truth . This is the duty of all religions , all countries , all men . As to the
external worship , if it must be uniform for the sake of good order , that is purely a
...
You will always be near enough to the earth . God wants to be revered in spirit
and in truth . This is the duty of all religions , all countries , all men . As to the
external worship , if it must be uniform for the sake of good order , that is purely a
...
Page 146
But , alas ! at that time there [ were ] no Christians to send , ( and very few now ) ,
these were obliged to hide themselves in the obscure places of the earth ; that
was , according to Sir Isaac Newton , to mix in obscurity among the meanest of
the ...
But , alas ! at that time there [ were ] no Christians to send , ( and very few now ) ,
these were obliged to hide themselves in the obscure places of the earth ; that
was , according to Sir Isaac Newton , to mix in obscurity among the meanest of
the ...
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Contents
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni | 3 |
Faith and death in the late Enlightenment | 17 |
David Hume Of Suicide | 24 |
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