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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Page 40
As soon as this knowledge has something to do with my interests , I shall make
an effort to acquire it . Until then I renounce idle questions which may agitate my
amour - propre but are useless for my conduct and are beyond my reason .
Always ...
As soon as this knowledge has something to do with my interests , I shall make
an effort to acquire it . Until then I renounce idle questions which may agitate my
amour - propre but are useless for my conduct and are beyond my reason .
Always ...
Page 133
Some of us attempted in vain to run away , but pistols and cutlasses were soon
introduced , threatening , that if we offered to stir we should all lie dead on the
spot . One of them pretended to be more friendly than the rest , and said , that he
...
Some of us attempted in vain to run away , but pistols and cutlasses were soon
introduced , threatening , that if we offered to stir we should all lie dead on the
spot . One of them pretended to be more friendly than the rest , and said , that he
...
Page 144
At this the Christian desperadoes impatient in delay , as soon as the signal of
assault was given their martial music began to play , and their attack was rapid ,
rushing suddenly upon the Peruvians , and with their hell - invented enginery of ...
At this the Christian desperadoes impatient in delay , as soon as the signal of
assault was given their martial music began to play , and their attack was rapid ,
rushing suddenly upon the Peruvians , and with their hell - invented enginery 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 |
Copyright | |
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