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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Why , then , am I as horrified by him as if he were my contemporary ? We do not
hate the wicked only because they do us harm , but because they are wicked .
Not only do we want to be happy ; we also wish for the happiness of others .
Why , then , am I as horrified by him as if he were my contemporary ? We do not
hate the wicked only because they do us harm , but because they are wicked .
Not only do we want to be happy ; we also wish for the happiness of others .
Page 165
... equity , justice and humanity established in the room thereof , multitudes of
nations would flock to the standard of truth , and instead of revolting away , they
would count it their greatest happiness to be under the protection and jurisdiction
of ...
... equity , justice and humanity established in the room thereof , multitudes of
nations would flock to the standard of truth , and instead of revolting away , they
would count it their greatest happiness to be under the protection and jurisdiction
of ...
Page 301
... to which will succeed an eternal existence of happiness or misery – inculcate
on them , on the authority of the sacred page , that the point of real importance is
not what is the rank or the station men occupy , but how they discharge the duties
...
... to which will succeed an eternal existence of happiness or misery – inculcate
on them , on the authority of the sacred page , that the point of real importance is
not what is the rank or the station men occupy , but how they discharge the duties
...
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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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| Title | From Enlightenment to Romanticism: Anthology, Part 1 A 207 From Enlightenment to Romanticism: Anthology, Ian L. Donnachie |
| Editors | Ian L. Donnachie, Carmen Lavin |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0719066700, 9780719066702 |
| Length | 307 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Europe / General Philosophy / History & Surveys / General |
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