Friends – I talked last time about one of my favorite German Enlightenment writers, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and his play about religious tolerance, Nathan the Wise. I mentioned that when we talk about German Enlightenment writing we see less of an immediate influence on American thinkers, because – as John Quincy Adams points out – … Continue reading Reading the 18th Century, 12/29/16 — rehearsing the revolution: Friedrich Schiller’s The Robbers
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Story Time Sunday 11/09/14 — let the other stories live too — a true tale and a request
Once upon a time there was a woman, who took the train to East Germany. She went there 3 times. The first time she was a college student and she barely spoke German and she had a bad experience at the border when she didn't understand that her passport number had been called. The second … Continue reading Story Time Sunday 11/09/14 — let the other stories live too — a true tale and a request