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Filtering by: Date issued sim 2010-05-28 Degree Name Honors Bachelor of Arts (H.B.A.)

Reason as Race : Enlightenment Voyages of Discovery and their Effect on 18th Century Racial Discourse

Creator:

Parker, Katherine A.

Abstract:

The proper way to order knowledge and find truth about the natural world in the eighteenth century lay in one’s ability to correctly learn and employ the quality of reason. While all had the right to seek reason, only a privileged few achieved its proper use, creating an intellectual elite...

Resource Type:

Honors College Thesis