Music the definitive visual history by Blenkinsop, Ian, Day, Kiku, Grant, R. G., Hayes, Malcolm, Howard, Keith, 1956-, Ingham, Chris, 1962-, Kimberley, Nick, Knighton, Tess, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…A new clarity ; The orchestra ; The sonata ; The symphony ; Playing music among friends ; Age of reason ; Opera comes alive ; Choral music ; The concerto ; Bohemian rhapsody -- Nationalism and romance : 1820-1910. …”


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America's book : the rise and decline of a Bible civilization, 1794-1911 by Noll, Mark A., 1946-

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I'm going to college---not you! : surviving the college search with your child

Table of Contents: “…From the outsiders (How to get into college without really trying / Gail Hudson -- The age of reasons / Joe Queenan -- Application madness / Anne C. …”


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The politically incorrect guide to English and American literature by Kantor, Elizabeth

Table of Contents: “…The Handmaid's Tale -- The dreary world of The Handmaid's Tale -- The fecundity of medieval art -- A pre-classical aesthetic -- In the light of eternity -- Christianity and freedom -- Separation of church and state, medieval style -- The argument from authority -- The invention of chivalry -- The Renaissance: Christian Humanism -- Christopher Marlowe -- William Shakespeare -- The tragedies -- The comedies -- The sonnets -- The Seventeenth Century: Religion as a Matter of Life and Death -- John Donne -- John Milton -- Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature: The Age of Reason -- John Dryden -- Alexander Pope -- Jonathan Swift -- Samuel Johnson -- "The proper study of mankind is man"-or is it? …”


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Existentialism

Table of Contents: “…(from Man against mass society) -- Albert Camus: From The stranger ; From The myth of Sisyphus ; From The fall ; From "Albert Camus" by Jean-Paul Sartre -- Jean-Paul Sartre: From Existentialism is a humanism ; From Nausea ; The origin of nothingness (from Being and nothingness) ; Patterns of bad faith (from Being and nothingness) ; Freedom and facticity: the situation (from Being and nothingness) ; Being-for-others (from Being and nothingness) ; From No exit ; Freedom and responsibility (from Being and nothingness) ; From The flies ; From The age of reason ; From St. Genet: actor and martyr ; Marxism and existentialism (from Search for a method) ; Sartre on angst (from a series of interviews with Jean-Paul Sartre, conducted by Benny Levy) -- Maurice Merleau-Ponty: From "Merleau-Ponty" by Jean-Paul Sartre ; Prospectus (A report to the Collège de France) ; Freedom (from The phenomenology of perception) -- Simone de Beauvoir: From The ethics of ambiguity ; From The second sex -- Hazel E. …”


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The political life of Abraham Lincoln by Blumenthal, Sidney, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Timeline of Major Events ; Cast of Major Characters ; The Slave ; The Reader ; The Age of Reason ; The Slasher ; Paradise Lost ; Old Man Eloquent ; The Springfield Lyceum ; The Rivals ; The Romance ; The Prophet ; The Duelist ; Coup d'État ; Infidels ; Great Expectations ; Ranchero Spotty ; The Hayseed ; The Firm ; The Spoils ; A Hundred Keys…”


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The portable Enlightenment reader

Table of Contents: “…Reason and God -- On Superstition and Tolerance / Bayle -- A Letter Concerning Toleration / Locke -- On Enthusiasm / Shaftesbury -- The Argument for a Deity / Newton -- A Discourse of Free-Thinking / Collins -- If there is a God / Montesquieu -- Of Miracles and the Origin of Religion / Hume -- Reflections on Religion / Voltaire -- Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar / Rousseau -- No need of theology-- only of reason / d'Holbach -- The Progress of Superstition / Gibbon -- Unitarianism / Priestley -- Religion : my views of it / Jefferson -- Something of my religion / Franklin -- The Temple of Reason ; The Age of Reason / Paine -- Part 4. Reason and Humanity -- I think, therefore I am / Descartes -- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding / Locke -- New Essays on Human Understanding / Leibnitz -- On Mr. …”


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Literature suppressed on religious grounds by Bald, Margaret

Table of Contents: “…Works discussed in this volume: Address to the Christian nobility of the German nation (Martin Luther) -- The advancement of learning (Francis Bacon) -- The age of reason (Thomas Paine) -- Alciphron, or The minute philosopher (George Berkeley) -- The analects (Confucius) -- Arcana coelestia (Emanuel Swedenborg) -- The Babylonian captivity of the church (Martin Luther) -- The Bible -- The bloudy tenent of persecution (Roger Williams) -- The book of common prayer (Thomas Cranmer and others) -- Children of the alley (Naguib Mahfouz) -- The Christian commonwealth (John Eliot) -- Christianity not mysterious (John Toland) -- Christianity restored (Michael Servetus) -- Church : charism and power : liberation theology and the institutional church (Leonardo Boff) -- Colloquies (Desiderius Erasmus) -- Commentaries (Averroës) -- Compendium revelationum (Girolamo Savonarola) -- Concerning heretics (Sebastian Castellio) -- The course of positive philosophy (Auguste Comte) -- Creative evolution (Henri Bergson) -- The critique of pure reason (Immanuel Kant) -- De ecclesia (Jan Hus) -- De inventoribus rerum (Polydore Vergil) -- De l'espirit (Claude-Adrien Helvétius) -- Dialogue concerning the two chief world systems (Galileo Galilei) -- Dialogues concerning natural religion (David Hume) -- Discourse on method (René Descartes) -- Don Quixote (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)-- Dragonwings (Laurence Yep) -- Émile (Jean-Jacques Rousseau) -- Encyclopédie (Denis Diderot and Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, eds.) -- An essay concerning human understanding (John Locke) -- Essays (Michel de Montaigne) -- Ethics (Baruch Spinoza).…”


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Christian social teachings : a reader in Christian social ethics, from the Bible to the present

Table of Contents: “…XVI Puritanism : Milton: Areopagitica : An Agreement of the people ; Winstanley: The law of freedom in a platform or true magistracy restored ; Baxter: A holy commonwealth ; Mather: Essays to do good: Miscellaneous proposals to gentlemen -- XVII The Quakers : Rules of discipline: Advices; against war; against slavery -- XVIII Rationalism : Locke: The reasonableness of Christianity ; Butler: Upon the love of our neighbors ; Lessing: The tale of the three rings ; Paine: The age of reason -- XIX German pietism : Spener: Pia Desideria ; Francke: Scriptual rules ; Zinzendorf: sermons, 1740's -- XX John Wesley : The use of money ; thoughts on slavery ; thoughts on the present scarcity of provision -- XXI Jonathan Edwards : Pressing into the kingdom of God ; Obligations to charity -- XXII Romanticism : Herder: God, some conversations ; Schleirmacher: On religion, Speeches to its cultured despisers ; de Chateaubriand: The genius of Christianity…”


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Literature suppressed on religious grounds by Bald, Margaret

Table of Contents: “…Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation / Martin Luther -- Advancement of Learning / Francis Bacon -- Age of Reason / Thomas Paine -- Alciphron, or the Minute Philosopher / George Berkeley -- Analects / Confucius -- Arcana Coelestia / Emanuel Swedenborg -- Babylonian Captivity of the Church / Martin Luther -- Bible -- Bloudy Tenent of Persecution / Roger Williams -- Book of Common Prayer / Thomas Cranmer and others -- Children of the Alley / Naguib Mahfouz -- Christian Commonwealth / John Eliot -- Christianity Not Mysterious / John Toland -- Christianity Restored / Michael Servetus -- Church: Charism and Power: Liberation, Theology and the Institutional Church / Leonardo Boff -- Colloquies / Desiderius Erasmus -- Commentaries / Averroes (Ibn Rushd) -- Compendium Revelationum / Girolamo Savonarola -- Concerning Heretics / Sebastian Castellio -- Course of Positive Philosophy / Auguste Comte -- Creative Evolution / Henri Bergson -- Critique of Pure Reason / Immanuel Kant -- De Ecclesia / John Hus -- De Inventoribus Rerum / Polydore Vergil -- De L'esprit / Claude Adrien Helve'tius -- Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems / Galileo Galilei -- Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion / David Hume -- Discourse on Method / Rene' Descartes -- Don Quixote / MIguel de Cervantes Saavedra -- Dragonwings / Laurence Yep -- E'mile / Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Encyclope'die / Denis Diderot and Jean d'Alembert eds. -- Essay Concerning Human Understanding / John Locke -- Essays / Michel de Montaigne -- Ethics / Baruch (Benedict) Spinoza -- Fable of the Bees / Bernard Mandeville -- Guide of the Perplexed / Moses Maimonides -- Hidden Faces of Eve: Women in the Arab World / Nawal El Saadawi -- Historical and Critical Dictionary / Pierre Bayle -- History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science / John William Draper -- History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Edward Gibbon -- Infallible? …”


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Invisible armies : an epic history of guerrilla warfare from ancient times to the present by Boot, Max, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Irregulars in the age of reason : hussars, pandours, and rangers, 1648-1775 -- The American hornets : the revolution against Britain, 1775-1783 -- War to the knife : the Peninsular War, 1808-1814 -- Black Spartacus : the Haitian War of Independence, 1791-1804 -- Greeks and their lovers : the Greek War of Independence, 1821-1832 -- Hero of two worlds : Giuseppe Garibaldi and the struggle for Italian unification, 1833-1872 -- Revolutionary consequences : the liberal achievement -- III. …”


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English prose of the eighteenth century

Table of Contents: “…From the rights of man. From the age of reason -- Letters: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. …”


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Religion & constitutional government in the United States : a historical overview with sources by Semonche, John E., 1933-

Table of Contents: “…Cotton's letter lately printed examined and answered, 1644 -- Maryland toleration act, 1649 -- John Locke, "a letter concerning toleration," 1689 -- Thomas Paine, the age of reason, 1794, 1796 -- Memorial to General Assembly of Virginia from the Presbytery of Hanover, October 24, 1776 -- Thomas Jefferson, notes on Virginia, 1781-82 -- James Madison, "a memorial and remonstrance on the religious rights of man," 1784 -- Thomas Jefferson, Virginia statue of religious liberty, 1786 -- Article VI, U. …”


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The philosophy book

Table of Contents: “…Anything you lose comes round in another form -- The universe has not always existed -- God is the not-other -- To know nothing is the happiest life -- Renaissance and the age of reason 1500-1750 -- The end justifies the means -- Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows -- Knowledge is power -- Man is a machine -- I think therefore I am -- Imagination decides everything -- God is the cause of all things, which are in him -- No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience -- There are two kinds of truths : truths of reasoning and truths of fact -- To be is to be perceived -- The age of revolution 1750-1900 -- Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainly is absurd -- Custom is the great guide of human life -- Man was born free yet everywhere he is in chains -- Man is an animal that makes bargains -- There are two worlds : our bodies and the external world -- Society is indeed a contract -- The greatest happiness for the greatest number -- Mind has no gender -- What sort of philosophy one chooses depends on what sort of person one is -- About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy -- Reality is a historical process -- Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world -- Theology is anthropology -- Over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign -- Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom -- The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles -- Must the citizen ever resign his conscience to the legislator? …”


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Discrimination against the mentally ill by Joseph, Monica A.

Table of Contents: “…Changing belief systems and historical treatment of the mentally ill -- Ancient beliefs -- Medieval beliefs -- Modern beliefs -- The Renaissance -- The Reformation -- Beliefs in the Age of Reason -- Early American beliefs -- Moving toward scientific causes of mental illness -- 3. …”


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The making of modern Europe.

Table of Contents: “…Cohen -- Sir Isaac Newton, 1642-1727 / Henry Crew -- L'Encyclopédie and the history of science / Lynn Thorndike -- XII. The age of reason. Rationalists and religion in the eighteenth century / Shelby T. …”


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American literature; tradition & innovation.

Table of Contents: “…A description of new england -- The general history of virginia, book III -- A character of the province of maryland -- Of plymouth plantation -- Journal selections -- Samuel Sewall -- Sarah Kemble Knight -- History of the dividing line -- Progress of the mines -- London diary selections -- John Woolman -- Letters from an american farmer -- Travels -- The courteous pagan shall condemne -- One step twix't me and death -- What habacuck once spake, mine eyes -- Mans restlesse soule hath restlesse eyes and ears -- They see gods wonders that are call'd -- Truth is a native, naked be beauty; but -- Boast not proud english -- The prologue -- The author to her book -- Contemplations -- As weary pilgrim now at rest -- The vanity of all worldly things -- In memory of my dear grandchild -- To my dear and loving husband -- A letter to her husband -- The day of doom -- Edward Taylor -- The ebb and flow -- Huswifery -- Upon a spider catching a fly -- The sot weed factor -- Bacon's epitaph made by his man -- On the death of G:B -- Of John bunyans life & c -- A few lines to fill up a vacant page -- The poem -- And the bitter storm augments -- Nathaniel Ward -- On a sea storm nigh the coast -- Sweetly my dearest i left thee sleep -- Upon the decrease of mris. anne griffin -- The bloudy tenent -- To the town of providence -- In praise of eloquence -- Wonders of the invisible world -- Magnalia christi americana -- Political fables -- Manuductio ad ministerium -- Sarah pierrepont -- Sinners in the hand of an angry god -- Personal narrative -- Narrative of surprising conversions -- Images or shadows of divine things -- The autobiography of benjamin franklin -- Dogood paper no. 7 -- Speech of polly baker -- The way to wealth -- Rules by which a great empire may be reduced to a small one -- The ephemera -- Common sence -- American crisis -- Rights of man -- Age of reason -- Declaration of independence -- Notes on virginia -- A picture of the times -- To the americans of the united states -- The power of fancy -- The house of night -- The wild honey suckle -- Indian burying ground -- To the lost louisa -- On a honey bee -- To a caty-did -- On the religion of nature -- On the uniformity and perfection of nature -- Progress of dulness -- The hasty pudding -- Advice to a raven in russia -- Modern chivalry -- Charles Brown -- A journey from patapsco to annapolis -- Anacreontic -- Mather Byles -- Dreams -- A dithyrambic on wine -- A night piece -- To benjamin franklin -- An hymn to the evening -- On imagination -- The battle of the kegs -- Yankee doodle -- A tour on the prairies -- Alhambra -- Tales of a traveller -- The sketch book -- A history of new york -- The deerslayer -- The last of the mohicans -- The pathfinder -- The pioneers -- The prairie -- Notions of the americans -- The american democrat -- Thanatopsis -- The yellow violet -- Inscription for the entrance to a wood -- To a waterfowl -- Summer wind -- A forest hymn -- Oh fairest of the rural maids -- To cole, the painter, departing for europe -- To the fringed gentian -- Nature -- The american scholar -- Self reliance -- The poet -- New england reformers -- Montaigne -- Illusions -- Grace -- The rhodora -- Each and all -- The snow storm -- Concord hymn -- The humble bee -- The problem -- Fable -- Uriel -- Give all to love -- Hamatreya -- Ode, incribed to w. h. channing -- Bacchus -- Merlin -- Brahma -- Days -- Two rivers -- The adirondacs -- Terminus -- Civil disobedience -- Walden -- Wild apples -- Great god, i ask thee for no meaner pelf -- Light winged smoke, icarian bird -- Conscience is instinct bred in the house -- Woof of the sun, ethereal gauze -- The atlantides -- I am a parcel of vain strivings tied -- Epitaph on the world -- I was made erect and lone -- A winter and spring scene -- King pest -- Ligeia -- The man that was used up -- The fall of the house of usher -- The man of the crowd -- The purloined letter -- The imp of perverse -- The system of dr. tarr and professor fether -- Hawthorne's twice told tales -- A dream within a dream -- Sonnet to science -- Romance -- To helen -- Israfel -- The city in the sea -- To one in paradise -- Dream land -- The raven -- Ulalume -- Eldorado -- Annabel lee -- The hollow of the three hills -- My kinsman, major molineux -- My. higginbotham's catastrophe -- Mrs. bullfrog -- Young goodman brown -- The wedding knell -- The artist of the beautiful -- Ethan brand -- The old manse -- Our old home -- Bartleby -- Cock a doodle doo -- The paradise of bachelors and the tartarus of maids -- Benito cereno -- Hawthorne and his mosses -- Battle pieces and aspects of war -- John marr and other sailors -- The horse swap -- The big bear of arkansas -- Some adventures of captain simon suggs -- Rare ripe garden seed -- Contempt of court-almost -- Trapping a sheriff -- Blown up with soda -- A psalm of life -- Hymn to the night -- The skeleton in armor -- The arsenal at springfield -- Nuremberg -- The bridge -- The evening star -- Prelude to evangeline -- Seaweed -- King witlaf's drinking horn -- The fire of driftwood -- In the churchyard at cambridge -- The jewish cemetery at newport -- My lost youth -- Divina commedia -- Tales of wayside inn -- Chaucer -- Keramos -- the tide rises, the tide falls -- Jugurtha -- The cross of snow -- Massachusetts to virginia -- Proem -- Ichabod -- Maud muller -- Skipper ireson's ride -- Telling the bees -- My playmate -- The double headed snake of newbury -- Snow bound -- Prelude to among the hills -- The dead feast of the kol-folk -- Ballad of the oysterman -- My aunt -- The last leaf -- The moral bully -- The chambered nautilus -- The deacon's masterpiece -- Latter day warnings -- At the pantomime -- At the unitarian festival -- At the saturday club -- Elsie venner -- Remembered music -- A fable for critics -- The biglow papers -- Fitz adam's story -- After the burial -- What rabbi jehosha said -- A winter evening hymn to my fire -- Unde the old elm -- Tempora mutantur -- Eleanor makes macaroons -- The function of the poet -- The cricket -- Under the locust blossoms -- Sonnets: first series -- Thar's more in the man than thar is in the land -- The symphony -- Song of the chattahoochee -- The harlequin of dreams -- The marches of glynn -- Marsh song at sunset -- A ballad of trees and the master.…”


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The Columbia history of Western philosophy

Table of Contents: “…Popkin -- China and western philosophy in the age of reason / Yuen-Ting Lai -- Introduction / Richard H. …”


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Issues in science and religion by Barbour, Ian G.

Table of Contents: “…Summary -- VI. The Age of Reason -- Nature as a deterministic mechanism -- God as a debatable hypothesis -- Man as perfectible by reason -- VII. …”


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Men of our time : an anthology of male poetry in contemporary America

Table of Contents: “…V.H / Jerome Rothenberg. from The Age of Reason / Richard Flynn. For Nicholas / Fred Moramarco. …”


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