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The Origins of Cultural History: 1 – Two Notions of the History of Culture: The German versus the French Tradition

Isaiah Berlin

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The Beginnings of a New Wave of Propaganda

Life had begun inte investigation of the hebrew language, of the bible. Malay had written a history of denmark in which he celebrated great viking remainste knowna the ancient scandinavian literature. In switzerland people like fouralt and after him, bodma, began to praise exactly what voltaire so much detested. Von mural thought shakespeare was an original remark for his age. He celebrated homer and he celebrated milton. This was a direct challenge to what wite call the taste of the enlightenment. And he began celebrating the wild swiss beginnings of this unconquered territory,. not ruled over by some smooth tyrant like louis teen, but can develop

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