ENC1143 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Time In Australia, Speedstep, Baconian Method
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- Cervantes:
o Ca e thought of as a otepoa of “hakespeae, o “hakespeae, ut fuie.
o He’s so ifluetial that uh of his tet ake up eaula itig i “pai.
o Wote the West’s fist oel, Don Quixote
All novels are books, but not all books are novels.
Book = any bound text
Novel = a bound, complete fictional text written in prose about a single
potagoist. Alteatiel, a post-pitig pess litea fo.
o Wrote for an audience beyond just the elites.
o Tried to become a governor, settled for an accounting job but was blamed for an
accounting accident, sent to jail, and eventually wrote Don Quixote.
o In his time, the second estate was quickly becoming obsolete because the role they (the
knights in particular) served as people who could protect lords and their property during
the feudal wars.
It was easier and wiser to make money overseas in the New World.
o In Don Quixote, Quixote is a chivalric and psychotic (in the way that he is consumed by
illusions and is unable to see reality) knight errant.
Diffeee etee Quiote ad “aho’s his folloe ditio potas gap
between the estates.
Quiote’s ditio: iflated, self-righteous.
Sancho: colloquial, common place. Arguably saner.
o The etie tet eliits pit fo Quiote eause he’s suh a fool but the fact Sancho
follows him (despite knowing himself Quixote is an idiot) is even sadder.
By believing he may be able to get something out of following Quixote (land,
ihes, fae, hatee, he’s eig pagati.
^ Cervantes criticizes both idealism (hoping to get something out of it) and
pagatis folloig a fool fo its supposed eefits eause “aho does’t
participate in life.
Bear in mind, everyone is still really big on Humanistic stuff like making
ou life othhile ad patiipatig i life.
- 30 Years War: in short, extremely important, related to the Hapsburg Empire, and the Prot. Vs.
Catholic. thing
o Ultiate oflit fo the soul of Euope etee Potestatis ad Catholiis.
o Euope’s fist total a
o Detrimental to Hapsburg prestige because people are now starting to realize HRE a’t
even control their own people.
o House of Bourbon (France) wins, France become new superpower -> Peace of
Westphalia 68 that pooted eligious toleae. Essetiall, agee to disagee.
Scientific Revolution (1600-1800 ish) (Moved away from Renaissance Humanism to Rationalism)
- Epistemology: theory of knowledge/search for ultimate truth.
o Relies on skepticism.
o Birth to heliocentrism (belief sun in in the center and we revolve around it); proven by
Galileo
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