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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The chief source of moral ideas is the reflection on the interest of human society .
Ought these interests , so short , so frivolous , to be guarded by punishments
eternal and infinite ? The damnation of one man is an infinitely greater evil in the
...
The chief source of moral ideas is the reflection on the interest of human society .
Ought these interests , so short , so frivolous , to be guarded by punishments
eternal and infinite ? The damnation of one man is an infinitely greater evil in the
...
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I receive the benefits of society , and therefore ought to promote its interests ; but
when I withdraw myself altogether from ... But suppose that it is no longer in my
power to promote the interest of the public ; suppose that I am a burden to it ...
I receive the benefits of society , and therefore ought to promote its interests ; but
when I withdraw myself altogether from ... But suppose that it is no longer in my
power to promote the interest of the public ; suppose that I am a burden to it ...
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What is going to one ' s death for one ' s interest ? No doubt , no one acts for
anything other than for his good ; but if there is not a moral good which must be
taken into account , one will never explain by private interest anything but the
action of ...
What is going to one ' s death for one ' s interest ? No doubt , no one acts for
anything other than for his good ; but if there is not a moral good which must be
taken into account , one will never explain by private interest anything but the
action of ...
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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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