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Dictionary of the History of Ideas

Studies of Selected Pivotal Ideas

Preface to the Electronic Edition

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DUE PROCESS IN LAW

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EQUAL PROTECTION IN LAW

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NATURAL LAW ANDNATURAL RIGHTS

II. HISTORICAL ORIGINS

III. ANALYSIS OF THE ACTUAL CONCEPT OF NATURAL LAW AND ITS FUNCTIONS

IV. ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT IDEA OF NATURAL RIGHTS

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LEGAL PRECEDENT

II. ROMAN LAW—THE CIVIL LAW SYSTEMS

III. ANGLO-AMERICAN COMMON LAW SYSTEMS

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LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY

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I. HISTORICAL CAUSES

II. IDEAS AND ARGUMENTS ABOUT FREEDOM SINCE THE REFORMATION.

III. FREEDOM, EQUALITY, AND THE STATE

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LINGUISTIC THEORIES INBRITISH SEVENTEENTH- CENTURY PHILOSOPHY

1. EMPIRICISM AND CRITIQUE OF LANGUAGE IN FRANCIS BACON

II. THE CRITIQUE OF LINGUISTIC INNATISM

III. THE ARBITRARINESS OF LINGUISTIC SIGN

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LITERARY PARADOX

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LITERATURE AND ITS COGNATES

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I. MACHIAVELLI AND THE BEGINNINGSOF MACHIAVELLISM

II. MACHIAVELLISM FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

III. MACHIAVELLISM IN THE MODERN WORLD

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MACROCOSM AND MICROCOSM

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MAN-MACHINEFROM THE GREEKS TO THE COMPUTER

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MARXIST REVISIONISM:FROM BERNSTEIN TO MODERN FORMS

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RELATIVITY OF STANDARDS OFMATHEMATICAL RIGOR

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MATHEMATICS INCULTURAL HISTORY

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CHANGING CONCEPTSOF MATTER FROM ANTIQUITY TO NEWTON

I. ANCIENT CONCEPTS OF MATTER

II. THE CONCEPT OF MATTER IN THE MIDDLE AGES

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METAPHOR IN PHILOSOPHY

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METAPHOR INRELIGIOUS DISCOURSE

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METAPHYSICAL IMAGINATION

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MOTIF IN LITERATURE:THE FAUST THEME

I. THE HISTORICAL FIGURE

II. THE LEGEND AND ITS SOURCES

III. THE MORALITY FIGURE

V. THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY HERO

VI. FAUSTIAN AMBIVALENCES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

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LITERARY ATTITUDESTOWARD MOUNTAINS

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MUSIC AND SCIENCE

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MUSIC AS A DEMONIC ART

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MUSIC AS A DIVINE ART

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MYTH IN ANTIQUITY

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MYTH IN BIBLICAL TIMES

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MYTH IN THE MIDDLE AGESAND THE RENAISSANCE

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MYTH INENGLISH LITERATURE: SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES

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MYTH IN THE EIGHTEENTH ANDEARLY NINETEENTH CENTURIES

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MYTH IN THE NINETEENTHAND TWENTIETH CENTURIES

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MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCEIDEAS OF NATION

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NATURALISM IN ART

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NEO-CLASSICISM IN ART

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NEWTON AND THEMETHOD OF ANALYSIS

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NEWTON'S OPTICKS ANDEIGHTEENTH-CENTURY IMAGINATION

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OPTICS AND VISION

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ORIENTAL IDEASIN AMERICAN THOUGHT

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ETHICS OF PEACE

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INTERNATIONAL PEACE

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PERENNIAL PHILOSOPHY

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PERFECTIBILITY OF MAN

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PERIODIZATION IN HISTORY

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PERIODIZATION INLITERARY HISTORY

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RHETORIC AND LITERARYTHEORY IN PLATONISM

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PLATONISM IN PHILOSOPHYAND POETRY

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PLATONISM IN THE RENAISSANCE

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PLATONISMSINCE THE ENLIGHTENMENT

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POETRY AND POETICS FROMANTIQUITY TO THE MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

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POSITIVISM IN EUROPETO 1900

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POSITIVISM IN LATIN AMERICA

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POSITIVISM IN THETWENTIETH CENTURY (LOGICAL EMPIRICISM)

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PRE-PLATONIC CONCEPTIONSOF HUMAN NATURE

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PRIMITIVISM IN THEEIGHTEENTH CENTURY

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PROBABILITY:OBJECTIVE THEORY

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PROGRESS IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY

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PROGRESS INTHE MODERN ERA

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PROPHECY INHEBREW SCRIPTURE

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PROPHECY IN THEMIDDLE AGES

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PROTEST MOVEMENTS

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1. The Argument for Religious Freedom. It is often
said that the modern idea of freedom first appeared,
or at least first became formidable, in the Reformation.
The first of its champions to make a mark in the world
was Luther, who asserted the “priesthood of all believ-
ers,” and who said that “God desires to be alone in
our consciences, and desires that His word alone should
prevail.”