Some Sources of Romanticism: 2 – The First Attack on Enlightenment
Isaiah Berlin
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What Newton Did in the Region of Ethics and Politics
In the eighteenth century, there was a fairly wide consensus that what newton achieved in the region of physics could surely also be applied to the region of ethics and of politics. It was perfectly clear, i mean, then as now, that people didn't know what the answers to these questions were. Was it right to seek pleas or to do one's duty, or could they be reconciled? And was it proper to obey lits of specialists who knew the truth? Or was it the case that every man had a right to his own particular opinion?"
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