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‘True Enlightenment can be both achieved and beneficial.’ The German Enlightenment and its Interpretation

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Professor Joachim Whaley, Professor of German History and Thought, Cambridge, gives the 2014 Besterman Lecture, hosted by The Besterman Centre for the Enlightenment and the TORCH Enlightenment Programme.
Introduced by Ritchie Robertson, Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature.

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Series
Voltaire Foundation
People
Joachim Whaley
Richie Robertson
Keywords
enlightenment
Germany
history
philosophy
kant
Schiller
Goethe
spinoza
18th century
Department: Voltaire Foundation
Date Added: 20/11/2014
Duration: 00:52:28

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