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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Page 26
... may perhaps suffice . In order to govern the material world , the almighty
Creator has established general and immutable laws , by which all bodies , from
the greatest planet to the smallest particle of matter , are maintained in their ...
... may perhaps suffice . In order to govern the material world , the almighty
Creator has established general and immutable laws , by which all bodies , from
the greatest planet to the smallest particle of matter , are maintained in their ...
Page 78
The penalties laid down by law should only be such as are strictly and manifestly
necessary , and no - one may be punished except by virtue of an established law
, promulgated before the commission of the offence , and lawfully applied . 9 .
The penalties laid down by law should only be such as are strictly and manifestly
necessary , and no - one may be punished except by virtue of an established law
, promulgated before the commission of the offence , and lawfully applied . 9 .
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The gift even of the rest of the Sabbath is more than the established economics of
a sugar plantations permit even the most independent planter to confer , while
the law tacitly sanctions its being wholly withheld from them . Generally speaking
...
The gift even of the rest of the Sabbath is more than the established economics of
a sugar plantations permit even the most independent planter to confer , while
the law tacitly sanctions its being wholly withheld from them . Generally speaking
...
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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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