Papers from the Conference 'The Fragile Tradition', Cambridge 2002: German literature, history and the nationP. Lang, 2004 - Europe, German-speaking |
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... Greek freedom ! ' [ ... ] the fine new blossom broke forth , ' Greek lightness , mildness and love of the land ) - with these words Herder describes , in the first section of his Auch eine Philosophie zur Geschichte der Menschheit ...
... Greek freedom ! ' [ ... ] the fine new blossom broke forth , ' Greek lightness , mildness and love of the land ) - with these words Herder describes , in the first section of his Auch eine Philosophie zur Geschichte der Menschheit ...
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... Greek sculpture had represented the embodiment of man's true , uncorrupted nature , freed from the artificial social distinctions of the court and the overspecialized modern world . He upheld the pure forms of Greek art as an antidote ...
... Greek sculpture had represented the embodiment of man's true , uncorrupted nature , freed from the artificial social distinctions of the court and the overspecialized modern world . He upheld the pure forms of Greek art as an antidote ...
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... Greek language and Greek literature provided students with the best insight into the ideal of human development , civic responsibility , and moral freedom that the Greeks exemplified . Humboldt's idealization of ancient Greece was ...
... Greek language and Greek literature provided students with the best insight into the ideal of human development , civic responsibility , and moral freedom that the Greeks exemplified . Humboldt's idealization of ancient Greece was ...
Contents
List of illustrations | 8 |
Simon Ward | 13 |
Imagined Communities | 15 |
Copyright | |
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