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He had come to believe in the wisdom of the ages ' , the slow building up of laws and traditions , the destruction of which would release the worst passions of men . Once tradition was overthrown , he doubted the power of reason to ...
He had come to believe in the wisdom of the ages ' , the slow building up of laws and traditions , the destruction of which would release the worst passions of men . Once tradition was overthrown , he doubted the power of reason to ...
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This was the idea of tradition and continuity in f human affairs . Men were not , as in the Lockeian tradition , . , primarily independent and autonomous beings , but belonged to a people , a family , a tradition , a brotherhood ...
This was the idea of tradition and continuity in f human affairs . Men were not , as in the Lockeian tradition , . , primarily independent and autonomous beings , but belonged to a people , a family , a tradition , a brotherhood ...
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( On that tradition see Reason and Nature in Eighteenth Century Thought , Ch . II . ) ' I refer every man of reflection to the contrast between the present times and those shortly after the restoration of ancient literature .
( On that tradition see Reason and Nature in Eighteenth Century Thought , Ch . II . ) ' I refer every man of reflection to the contrast between the present times and those shortly after the restoration of ancient literature .
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Contents
Acknowledgements | 6 |
List of Illustrations | 7 |
The Age of Romanticism | 9 |
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| Title | Romanticism and the Social Order 1780-1830 Blandford history series Blandford history series: History and literature History and literature |
| Author | Ronald Walter Harris |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Blandford, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0713736046, 9780713736045 |
| Length | 426 pages |
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