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PROTOCOL OF BEHAVIOR :Aesthetics Of Within And Without

The most important effect of his great work was its direct contradiction to the dogma of the Catholic church to that time. He was condemned by the church and his books burned. After all, he had come out and said … Continue reading

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NATIVE INTELLIGENCE

The concept of the Manifest Destiny has acquired a variety of meanings over the years, and its inherent ambiguity has been part of its power. ”Manifest Destiny was always a general notion rather than a specific policy. The term combined a … Continue reading

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INDIAN GIVERS & LAND DITHERS

”For a time Europeans had invented an AMERICA peopled by noble savages, men uncorrupted by civilization; as Montaigne wrote, quoting Seneca, they were “fresh from the gods”. But Europe has never stopped reinventing the New World. The eighteenth-century debate took … Continue reading

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HUCKSTERS & HYPERBOLE

To Europeans intellectuals of the eighteenth century,  America was a battleground of ideas; the war between Nature and civilization.And its proponents did not mince words.  Respected academics like Comte de Buffon reported that domesticated animals imported from Europe as well … Continue reading

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MALICE and the MISSISSIPPI

”For a time Europeans had invented an AMERICA peopled by noble savages, men uncorrupted by civilization; as Montaigne wrote, quoting Seneca, they were “fresh from the gods”. But Europe has never stopped reinventing the New World. The eighteenth-century debate took … Continue reading

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HIGHWAY 1761 REVISITED

”Guillaume-Thomas-François, abbé Raynal (1713-1796) was an Enlightened historian who wrote on the Dutch Stadholderate and the English Parliament. His most famous work was the 8 volume Histoire philosophique et politique, des établissements et du commerce des européens dans les deux … Continue reading

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