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Monday, October 08, 2007

Spring 2008 Course Spotlight: "The European Enlightenment"

HST 496: Research Seminar/HST 742: Seminar in Eighteenth Century European History
"The European Enlightenment"

Professor Doina Pasca Harsanyi
Tuesdays, 6:30-9:20
Spring 2008

The German philosopher Immanuel Kant chose the motto "Dare to know" to characterize the eighteenth century movement of ideas called the Enlightenment. Every generation needs to rediscover the intellectual daring of the Enlightenment and take up the challenge to think for oneself. The achievements as well as the shortcomings of this phenomenon left their mark on every aspect of modern Western civilization. This course aims at providing, in the spirit of the Enlightenment itself, the intellectual setting for each student to respond on his or her own to the ideas and values communicated by the Enlightenment.