ISBN: 9781154882858

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...but in most cases the fault lies with the excessive severity of the laws, which in the end results in bribes given by those who can pay them, and does not lessen vice but instead leads to other crimes. Against such barbarity poets should direct their attacks, if they really want to be poets of the people.... Depict cruelties, abuses, vices and crimes, for the existence of which the prevailing religion, the severity or caprice and unnaturalness of many a law code is to blame.39 Pestalozzi, after discussing the circumstances which led a young woman to commit infanticide, concluded: O you judges! The girl loved her babe, but because of your penal laws she killed it.40 But the main attack against existing law was directed against its incompatibility with natural law. Justus Moser, who invariably defended current law and custom, in an essay Ueber die zu unsern Zeiten verminderte Leipzig, 1778, XXII, 75ff. 40 In Ueber Gesetzgebung und Kindermord, p. 409. For similar opinions see Schlozer, Stats-Anzeigen, X, 352f.; Idem, V, 386; VII, 262L Schande der Huren und Hurkinder classed every unmarried mother as a harlot and had absolutely no sympathy for her or her child. He ridicules the Philosophen for defending the infanticide, and especially the unmarried mother who did not kill her child. The motives which have prompted this defence have undoubtedly been great, he says, nature, humanity and love of mankind have favored their defence. But at bottom it is only the unpolitical philosophy of our century which again shows its prowess. It is again the new-fangled humanitarianism which is gaining at the expense of patriotism. It is at most the Christian compassion which fills a gap in our civil co... Oscar Helmuth Werner, Books, History, The Unmarried Mother In German Literature, With Special Reference To The Period 1770-1800 Books>History The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: New York: Columbia University Press; Publication date: 1917; Subjects: Illegitimacy; Infanticide; German literature; Literary Criticism / European / German; Literary Criticism / European / German;<

ISBN: 9781154882858

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...but in most cases the fault lies with the excessive severity of the laws, which in the end results in bribes given by those who can pay them, and does not lessen vice but instead leads to other crimes. Against such barbarity poets should direct their attacks, if they really want to be poets of the people.... Depict cruelties, abuses, vices and crimes, for the existence of which the prevailing religion, the severity or caprice and unnaturalness of many a law code is to blame.39 Pestalozzi, after discussing the circumstances which led a young woman to commit infanticide, concluded: O you judges! The girl loved her babe, but because of your penal laws she killed it.40 But the main attack against existing law was directed against its incompatibility with natural law. Justus Moser, who invariably defended current law and custom, in an essay Ueber die zu unsern Zeiten verminderte Leipzig, 1778, XXII, 75ff. 40 In Ueber Gesetzgebung und Kindermord, p. 409. For similar opinions see Schlozer, Stats-Anzeigen, X, 352f.; Idem, V, 386; VII, 262L Schande der Huren und Hurkinder classed every unmarried mother as a harlot and had absolutely no sympathy for her or her child. He ridicules the Philosophen for defending the infanticide, and especially the unmarried mother who did not kill her child. The motives which have prompted this defence have undoubtedly been great, he says, nature, humanity and love of mankind have favored their defence. But at bottom it is only the unpolitical philosophy of our century which again shows its prowess. It is again the new-fangled humanitarianism which is gaining at the expense of patriotism. It is at most the Christian compassion which fills a gap in our civil co... Oscar Helmuth Werner, Books, History, The Unmarried Mother In German Literature, With Special Reference To The Period 1770-1800 Books>History, General Books LLC<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 86 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=5mm, Gew.=136gr, [GR: 25500 - TB/Geschichte], [SW: - History - Gen… Plus…

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 86 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=5mm, Gew.=136gr, [GR: 25500 - TB/Geschichte], [SW: - History - General History], Kartoniert/Broschiert The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: New York: Columbia University Press; Publication date: 1917; Subjects: Illegitimacy; Infanticide; German literature; Literary Criticism / European / German; Literary Criticism / European / German;<