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Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal
Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal

Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal was a French writer known for his historical novels and philosophical works. His writings often contained profound criticisms of the social and political issues of his time. more

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“The Greeks put us to shame not only by their simplicity, which is foreign to our age; they are at the same time our rivals, nay, frequently our models, in those very points of superiority from which we seek comfort when regretting the unnatural character of our manners. We see that remarkable people uniting at once fullness of form and fullness of substance, both philosophising and creating, both tender and energetic, uniting a youthful fancy to the virility of reason in a glorious humanity.”

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Book:Aesthetical Essays of Friedrich Schiller
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