History 2404E Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Russian Enlightenment, Serfdom, French Revolution
19 Nov 2018
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Tutorial 3: prussian and russian enlightenment thinkers: kant and radishchev. If a clergyman is preaching to his congregation, he is bound to the doctrines of that institution, but if he is doing it in the public as a scholar he can do it more freely. If the priest does(cid:374)"t (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e i(cid:374) (cid:449)hat he is prea(cid:272)hi(cid:374)g, he should resig(cid:374). But if he (cid:271)elie(cid:448)es it is mostly true but the reasoning is flawed, he should preach it in the way he was taught to his parish. However to the public he can talk about his concerns respectfully (what could be improved. ) It might be seen as hypocritical if the people promoting these doctrines are against them (not loyal to the institutions they serve) She was very tapped in to what the intellectuals of russia were saying, and it showed her power to have an intellectual authority to them.
