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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Hume argues that there are no grounds , whether metaphysical , moral or
physical , for supposing we have an afterlife . ( “ Metaphysical ? grounds have to
do with the soul ' s immateriality and its capacity to survive the body ' s demise ; '
moral ...
Hume argues that there are no grounds , whether metaphysical , moral or
physical , for supposing we have an afterlife . ( “ Metaphysical ? grounds have to
do with the soul ' s immateriality and its capacity to survive the body ' s demise ; '
moral ...
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But fruitless will be all attempts to sustain , much more to revive , the fainting
cause of morals , unless you can in some ... 1807 No efforts have been made for
the religious and moral improvement of the Negroes , and any plans of that kind ...
But fruitless will be all attempts to sustain , much more to revive , the fainting
cause of morals , unless you can in some ... 1807 No efforts have been made for
the religious and moral improvement of the Negroes , and any plans of that kind ...
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... 72 Montezuma , 143 Montgomery , James , 267 – 9 moral actions , 45 – 6
moral arguments , 17 - 21 moral degeneracy , 290 , 295 – 9 moral intent , 106
morality human , 69 religious , 59 standards of , 277 – 81 , 289 see also public
morals ...
... 72 Montezuma , 143 Montgomery , James , 267 – 9 moral actions , 45 – 6
moral arguments , 17 - 21 moral degeneracy , 290 , 295 – 9 moral intent , 106
morality human , 69 religious , 59 standards of , 277 – 81 , 289 see also public
morals ...
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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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