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 54
The Jews no longer understand Hebrew ; the Christians understand neither
Hebrew nor Greek ; neither the Turks nor the Persians understand Arabic , and
the modern Arabs themselves no longer speak the language of Mohammed . Is
this not ...
The Jews no longer understand Hebrew ; the Christians understand neither
Hebrew nor Greek ; neither the Turks nor the Persians understand Arabic , and
the modern Arabs themselves no longer speak the language of Mohammed . Is
this not ...
Page 62
DYING MAN . It seems to me that your reasoning is as empty as your head . I
wish that you would argue more rationally or else just let me alone to die in
peace . What do you mean by ' Creator ' ? What do you understand by “ corrupt
Nature ' ?
DYING MAN . It seems to me that your reasoning is as empty as your head . I
wish that you would argue more rationally or else just let me alone to die in
peace . What do you mean by ' Creator ' ? What do you understand by “ corrupt
Nature ' ?
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No , and for a very simple reason : it is impossible to believe what one does not
understand . There must always be an obvious connection between
understanding and belief . Understanding is the prime condition of faith . Where
there is no ...
No , and for a very simple reason : it is impossible to believe what one does not
understand . There must always be an obvious connection between
understanding and belief . Understanding is the prime condition of faith . Where
there is no ...
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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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