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... creation itself . Hence the denial , both in theory and in practice , of the central doctrine of the Enlightenment ... created in accordance with rules dictated by objective nature , and therefore binding for all practitioners of it ...
... creation itself . Hence the denial , both in theory and in practice , of the central doctrine of the Enlightenment ... created in accordance with rules dictated by objective nature , and therefore binding for all practitioners of it ...
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... creation that man could attain to . And there were those in the Renaissance who spoke of art , too , in this fashion ... created it , knew it through and through . ) But about the world of external nature there was something opaque : men ...
... creation that man could attain to . And there were those in the Renaissance who spoke of art , too , in this fashion ... created it , knew it through and through . ) But about the world of external nature there was something opaque : men ...
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... creation , and to the part that art plays in the life of mankind . Yet he shows little con- sistency when engaged on exposing ... created , whether con- sciously or not , in the interests of a given class . To look upon them as objective ...
... creation , and to the part that art plays in the life of mankind . Yet he shows little con- sistency when engaged on exposing ... created , whether con- sciously or not , in the interests of a given class . To look upon them as objective ...
Contents
Authors Note page | vii |
Introduction by Roger Hausheer | xiii |
The CounterEnlightenment I | xxv |
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