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 French Revolution of 1789 and the excesses of the Terror unleashed new
forces within society , and the conquests of Napoleon altered the social structure
of European nations . By 1830 the last of the Bourbons had been driven from the
...
The French Revolution of 1789 and the excesses of the Terror unleashed new
forces within society , and the conquests of Napoleon altered the social structure
of European nations . By 1830 the last of the Bourbons had been driven from the
...
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15 A man who retires from life does no harm to society : he only ceases to do
good , which , if it is an injury , is of the lowest kind . All our obligations to do good
to society seem to imply something reciprocal . I receive the benefits of society ...
15 A man who retires from life does no harm to society : he only ceases to do
good , which , if it is an injury , is of the lowest kind . All our obligations to do good
to society seem to imply something reciprocal . I receive the benefits of society ...
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... inalienable and sacred rights of man , so that this declaration may serve as a
constant reminder to all members of society of their rights and duties ; so that the
acts of the legislative power and of the executive power , being liable at any time
...
... inalienable and sacred rights of man , so that this declaration may serve as a
constant reminder to all members of society of their rights and duties ; so that the
acts of the legislative power and of the executive power , being liable at any time
...
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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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