Music 1710F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Concertmaster, Constanze Mozart, Age Of Enlightenment
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Encyclopedie: diderot"s s e t of volume (1747+) Ra tiona l thought a nd re a s on is the only wa y to live a good life a t the e nd of the da y. The more you know the be tte r you ca n choos e the ide a s tha t will re gula te your be ha viour a nd a ctions . Mora lity coming out of knowle dge . Knowledge and organized reason will give you mora lity. His mother actually died at 2:00 am the morning before the concert mozart did not want to tell his dad. He wanted to impress him with his success rather than disappointing. Another letter, sent to a friend the same day: mourn with me ! This ha s be e n the mos t me la ncholy da y of my life ; i a m now writing a t two o"clock in the morning.