Author: John Toland
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Languages : en
Pages : 592
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A Collection Of Several Pieces ... Now First Publish'd from His Original Manuscripts: With Some Memoirs of His Life and Writings
Author: John Toland
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Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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A Collection of Several Pieces of Mr. John Toland
Author: John Toland
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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The Miscellaneous Works of Mr. John Toland, Now First Published from His Original Manuscripts ...
Author: John Toland
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Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Society of Writers to H. M. Signet in Scotland
Author: Signet Library (Great Britain)
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Society of Writers to H. M. Signet in Scotland
Author: Thomas-Graves Law
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Languages : en
Pages : 700
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Languages : en
Pages : 700
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Dictiony of English literature
Author: William Davenport Adams
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Languages : en
Pages : 724
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 724
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author: Thomas Stewart Traill
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
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A Catalogue of the Bradshaw Collection of Irish Books in the University Library
Author: Cambridge University Library. Bradshaw Irish collection
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 662
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 662
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Classical Learning in Britain, France, and the Dutch Republic, 1690-1750
Author: Floris Verhaart
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192606174
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
For much of western history, the achievements of classical antiquity were seen as unsurpassable, and works by Latin and Greek authors were viewed as treasure troves of information still useful for contemporary society. By the late seventeenth century, however, the progress of scientific discoveries and the new paradigms of rationalism and empiricism meant the authority of the ancients was called into question. Those working on the classical past and its literature debated new ways of defending their relevance for society. The different approaches to classical literature defended in these debates explain how the writings of ancient Greece and Rome could become a vital part of eighteenth-century culture and political thinking. Floris Verhaart analyses these eighteenth-century debates about the value of classics, arguing that the Enlightenment, though often seen as an age of reason and modernity, in fact continuously sought inspiration from preceding traditions and ages such as Renaissance humanism and classical antiquity. The volume offers an interesting parallel with the modern day, in which the relationship between 'experts' and the general public has become the topic of debate and many academics, especially in the humanities, face pressure to explain how their work benefits society at large.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192606174
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
For much of western history, the achievements of classical antiquity were seen as unsurpassable, and works by Latin and Greek authors were viewed as treasure troves of information still useful for contemporary society. By the late seventeenth century, however, the progress of scientific discoveries and the new paradigms of rationalism and empiricism meant the authority of the ancients was called into question. Those working on the classical past and its literature debated new ways of defending their relevance for society. The different approaches to classical literature defended in these debates explain how the writings of ancient Greece and Rome could become a vital part of eighteenth-century culture and political thinking. Floris Verhaart analyses these eighteenth-century debates about the value of classics, arguing that the Enlightenment, though often seen as an age of reason and modernity, in fact continuously sought inspiration from preceding traditions and ages such as Renaissance humanism and classical antiquity. The volume offers an interesting parallel with the modern day, in which the relationship between 'experts' and the general public has become the topic of debate and many academics, especially in the humanities, face pressure to explain how their work benefits society at large.