Each wave of modernity is created by questioning a premise a…

Each wave of modernity is created by questioning a premise assumed by an earlier wave of modernity. Which of the following answer choices correctly lists the premise of each of the three waves of modernity in chronological order from the first wave onward? 1. History as a rational process of human self-realization 2. Self-reflection as the measure of necessity 3. Apatheia and asceticism as portals to the good 4. The good as normative for life 5. Nature understood as the necessity of self-preservation

“It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen…

“It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles, and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.”Who wrote these words, and what conclusion does he draw from this recollection?