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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ment that leads me to judge of causes according to my natural lights , I still must
investigate what manner of conduct I ought ... principles of a high philosophy , but
find them written by nature with ineffaceable characters in the depth of my heart .
ment that leads me to judge of causes according to my natural lights , I still must
investigate what manner of conduct I ought ... principles of a high philosophy , but
find them written by nature with ineffaceable characters in the depth of my heart .
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ble tendencies which have misdirected your steps are themselves no more than
effects of that same corrupt Nature to which you attribute omnipotence ? DYING
MAN . It seems to me that your reasoning is as empty as your head . I wish that ...
ble tendencies which have misdirected your steps are themselves no more than
effects of that same corrupt Nature to which you attribute omnipotence ? DYING
MAN . It seems to me that your reasoning is as empty as your head . I wish that ...
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Yes , I have . My conclusion is this , a mind free from guilt is a heaven on earth .
Human nature wants but little , nor that little long . I will trust to the sympathy of
nature ' s universal law , then call your slaves together , let them form the half ...
Yes , I have . My conclusion is this , a mind free from guilt is a heaven on earth .
Human nature wants but little , nor that little long . I will trust to the sympathy of
nature ' s universal law , then call your slaves together , let them form the half ...
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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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