Divisions and Precisions

19th Century girl

Last semester was all about the 18th Century. What with my 18th Century lit class and my Philosophy of Art class (that spent a good chunk of time reading Sir Joshua Reynolds, an 18th Century artist). I didn't plan it, but this semester is all about the 19th Century. My biggest class this semester is a class on the Brontë sisters, who of course, lived in the 19th Century. My epistomology class is apparently at least starting in that time period, then tonight was the first meeting of my history of philosophy class, which is focusing on the 19th Century. And come to think of it, my U.S. history class is going to spend a lot of time on the 19th Century too. Jeez. How'd I manage that?

Speaking of 19th Century philosophy: hol-ee shit! Tonight the prof gave a "short introductory lecture" on Kant, and I took three solid pages of notes. I never take notes like that. The prof moves fast, and he's a name dropper. I kept having the horrible feeling that I'm missing a lot of background information. I felt positively ignorant. This should be interesting.