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The Eighteenth century, the century of revolutions, changing forever the face of the world as we know it. The United States emerges as a new force in the West, and the French Revolution forever changes the way the people are ruled and the authority of kings. There is much to be found here, great thinkers like Rousseau, Voltaire and Mary WollStoneCraft, historians like Carlyle and Taine and novels and poetry that many still consider the best that was ever written. To steal a phrase from Dickens "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
Briefly, on the works that I have selected: I have not selected the works of Voltaire that I want to include yet. Thank you for your patience waiting for them. I was again unable to find the Everyman Library editions that Mr. Durant recommends. If you must blame someone for this, blame the collectors! I am not happy with the quality of the copy of "Gulliver's Travels" that I have found and I am looking for another, but will leave this one posted until then so that a version is available to download. Concerning "The Wealth of Nations," Mr Durant again writes "Selections" for what he recommends reading, I will try to read the whole selection, you can use your own disgression in selectiing which part of the work to read. Concerning the recommended section of Hoffding's "History of Modern Philosophy," Mr. Durant's statement "sections on the 18th century" seems rather vague, as there is not chapter or section called "The 18th Century" in the book, I will look at this later and determine which section(s) are best for this group.
GROUP 9: EUROPE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
8) Breasted and Robinson "The Human Adventure" (Group 2)
Continue reading Volume 2 of Selection #8, Robinsons's "The Ordeal of Civilization," finishing chapter 15.
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5) H.G. Wells' "Outline of History" (Group 1)
Resume reading Selection #5 completing chapters 26 and 27.
44) Emil Faguet's "A Literary History of France" (Group 2)
Continue reading Selection #44 completing Part 6 "The Eighteenth Century".
55) Charles Augustin Saint-Beuve's
Portraits of the Men and Women of 18th Century in "The Essays of Saint-Beuve" Read what interests you.
"The Essays of Saint-Beuve" Volume 1 from The Internet Archive
"The Essays of Saint-Beuve" Volume 2 from The Internet Archive "The Essays of Saint-Beuve" Volume 3 from The Internet Archive 56) The Works of Voltaire
Mr. Durant recommends "Candide," "Essay on Toleration," "Zadig" and his Histories.
I have not yet selected the works of Voltaire that I want to include on the list.
57) Jean-Jacques Rosseau "The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rosseau"
Read the entire selection.
"The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rosseau" Volume 1 from Google Books
"The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rosseau" Volume 2 from The Internet Archive 58) Hippolyte Taine's "Origins of Contemporary France"
Read volumes 1-4.
"Origins of Contemporary France" Volume 1 "The Ancient Regime"
"Origins of Contemporary France" Volume 2 "The French Revolution Part 1" "Origins of Contemporary France" Volume 3 "The French Revolution Part 2" "Origins of Contemporary France" Volume 4 "The French Revolution Part 3" 59) Thomas Carlyle's "The French Revolution"
Read volumes 1-4.
Carlyle's "The French Revolution" Volume 1 from The Internet Archive
Carlyle's "The French Revolution" Volume 2 from Google Books Carlyle's "The French Revolution" Volume 3 from The Internet Archive 34) Hippolyte Taine's
"History of English Literature" (Group 5) Continue reading Selection #34 completing Book 3 chapters 1-7.
60) James Boswell's "The Life of Samuel Johnson"
Read the entire selection.
"Boswell's "Life of Johnson" Volume 1 from Google Books
"Boswell's "Life of Johnson" Volume 2 from Google Books 61) Henry Fielding's "Tom Jones"
Read the entire selection.
62) Laurence Sterne's "Tristram Shandy"
Read the entire selection.
63) Jonathan Swift's "Gullivers Travels"
Read the entire selection.
64) David Hume's "A Treatise Concerning Human Nature"
Read the entire selection, especially books 2 and 3.
"Treatise Concerning Human Nature" Volume 1 from The Internet Archive
"Treatise Concerning Human Nature" Volume 2 from the Internet Archive 65) Mary Wollstonecraft's "Vindication of the Rights of Women"
Read the entire selection.
66) Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations"
Read the entire selection.
12) Henry Smith Williams' "History of Science" (Group 2)
Continue reading Selection #12, Volume 2 finishing chapters 14 and 15.
41) Harald Hoffding's "History of Modern Philosophy" (Group 6)
Resume reading Selection #41 completing the sections concerning the eighteenth century.
11) Elie Faure's "History of Art" (Group 2)
Continue reading Selection #11 Volume 4 completing chapters 5 and 6.
37) Cecil Gray's "History of Music"(Group 6)
Continue reading Selection #37 finishing chapters 11 and 12.
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