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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New perceptions of human aspirations brought a significant shift in thinking of
human beings first and foremost as members of society to human beings as
individuals , radically altering conceptions of human nature . There was suddenly
a ...
New perceptions of human aspirations brought a significant shift in thinking of
human beings first and foremost as members of society to human beings as
individuals , radically altering conceptions of human nature . There was suddenly
a ...
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17 To suppose measures of approbation and blame different from the human
confounds every thing . ... And does anything steel the breast of judges and juries
against the sentiments of humanity but reflection on necessity and public interest
?
17 To suppose measures of approbation and blame different from the human
confounds every thing . ... And does anything steel the breast of judges and juries
against the sentiments of humanity but reflection on necessity and public interest
?
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Putting together , therefore , these conclusions , we find that human life depends
upon the general laws of matter and motion , and that it is no encroachment on
the office of providence to disturb or alter these general laws . Has not every one
...
Putting together , therefore , these conclusions , we find that human life depends
upon the general laws of matter and motion , and that it is no encroachment on
the office of providence to disturb or alter these general laws . Has not every one
...
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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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