History 1265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Deism, George Frideric Handel, Anti-Clericalism
28 Sep 2016
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By 18th century, travel by individuals was easier than ever before. At university of g ttingen, courses on travel and how important it is to extend knowledge. Georg foster traveled with captain cook, wrote a book, bestseller in england and. Mania for travel, frederick objected to this. Renaissance, latin was a common language (newton"s principia mathematica), though people are already using the vernacular (galileo wrote in italian). Ancient wisdom of antiquity vs. modern wisdom of scientific inquiry. Revolution were self-conscious of their novelty? (new in all the titles) Books over letters you could own them and write in them. The institution that was the crux was the frankfurt book. Takes off in 18th century, but first catalogue available in 1564. Luther"s colleague goes there, erasmus goes there (fetid air and brawling in german inns, however). Heidelberg university library based off of best purchases from frankfurt. Samuel daniel called it the intertraffic of the mind.
