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 36
I am resolved to accept as evident all knowledge to which in the sincerity of my
heart I cannot refuse my consent ; to accept as true all that which appears to me
to have a necessary connection with this first knowledge ; and to leave all the rest
...
I am resolved to accept as evident all knowledge to which in the sincerity of my
heart I cannot refuse my consent ; to accept as true all that which appears to me
to have a necessary connection with this first knowledge ; and to leave all the rest
...
Page 59
What is more , whatever decision you may make , bear in mind that the true
duties of religion are independent of the institutions of men ; that a just heart is
the true temple of the divinity ; that in every country and in every sect the sum of
the law ...
What is more , whatever decision you may make , bear in mind that the true
duties of religion are independent of the institutions of men ; that a just heart is
the true temple of the divinity ; that in every country and in every sect the sum of
the law ...
Page 72
... General is the interpreter of the general will , and has legislative power in that
capacity , then surely it is precisely this that makes the Estates - General , in as
much as it is just a clerical - noble - judicial assembly , into a true aristocracy .
... General is the interpreter of the general will , and has legislative power in that
capacity , then surely it is precisely this that makes the Estates - General , in as
much as it is just a clerical - noble - judicial assembly , into a true aristocracy .
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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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