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The Humanistic Tradition, 4/e
Gloria K. Fiero
The Limits of Reason

Chapter Outline

  1. Historical Context for the Eighteenth Century
    1. reactions against Enlightenment rationalism
    2. the consequences of European industrialism
    3. the transatlantic slave trade: Equiano's Travels
  2. Satire: Weapon of the Enlightenment
    1. European literature: Goldsmith and Swift
    2. satire in China
    3. Voltaire's Candide
    4. the visual arts: Hogarth
  3. The Revolt Against Reason
    1. Rousseau
    2. Kant
  4. Late Eighteenth-Century Revolutions
    1. in North America
    2. in France








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