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Like Vincent of Beauvais , he wants to survey all of the useful knowledge available to his countrymen and to offer it for their improvement . Like Fabyan , Stow , and Speed , he begins his history with the Flood , 74 and his opening ...
Like Vincent of Beauvais , he wants to survey all of the useful knowledge available to his countrymen and to offer it for their improvement . Like Fabyan , Stow , and Speed , he begins his history with the Flood , 74 and his opening ...
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With that clear statement , Defoe frees man to discover and experiment , to push the limits of knowledge , and to partake fully in a progressive theory of history . Again and again , Defoe tells us that each generation finds its lot ...
With that clear statement , Defoe frees man to discover and experiment , to push the limits of knowledge , and to partake fully in a progressive theory of history . Again and again , Defoe tells us that each generation finds its lot ...
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In all three books he traces the advancement of knowledge and the decline of superstition . The same reworkings of the tales of Faustus and Prometheus appear . 92 These histories range the world and unite men throughout the ages and ...
In all three books he traces the advancement of knowledge and the decline of superstition . The same reworkings of the tales of Faustus and Prometheus appear . 92 These histories range the world and unite men throughout the ages and ...
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