Curiosity in the Austrian Enlightenment

Catholic culture is popularly supposed not to be conducive to curiosity. Yet the Austrian Enlightenment, which reached its peak in the 1780s but had intellectual and institutional roots earlier in the eighteenth century, encouraged curiosity - sometimes unofficial - in many areas. The three here exa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robertson, R
Other Authors: Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA)
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: W. S. Maney & Son Ltd. 2009
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