History 2404E Lecture 5: History 2404E - Lecture 5
19 Nov 2018
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Announcements: sources for next week"s tutorial, they are key elements in the movement to german nationalism, document 1: fichte, fichte was a student of kant and initially an enthusiast for the french. Over time that changed and he became disappointed in it (which you will see in the reading. ) The background was the defeat of the prussian army by the french where prussia essentially became a colony of france. In his speeches fichte had to be careful in his wording because. Circumstances (which with some gentlemen pass for nothing) give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing colour and discriminating effect. what place does this claim have in. Burke"s larger argument: burke comes back to circumstances again and again that lead him to be critical of the. Liberty has serious dangers states have certain limits on liberty for our safety or for the running of society. How does burke defend the institution of hereditary monarchy? (pp.
