Enthusiasm or Imagination? Eighteenth-Century Smear Words in Comparative National Context

In the eighteenth-century, "enthusiasm" was a negative term because it was in opposition to the new and fragile idea of enlightened rationality.

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Published in:The Huntington Library quarterly 1997-01, Vol.60 (1/2), p.29-49
Main Author: Goldstein, Jan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
18th century
Convulsions
Divinity
English language
Enthusiasm
Etymology
French language
History
Imagination
Inspiration
Miracles
Physicians
Quakers
Religion
Resistance (Psychology)
Soul
Words
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Summary:In the eighteenth-century, "enthusiasm" was a negative term because it was in opposition to the new and fragile idea of enlightened rationality.
ISSN:0018-7895
1544-399X
DOI:10.2307/3817831