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Parzival/Honor in the Middle Ages

honorable combat and murders Ither by throwing a javelin into Ithers eye (Ash). A true knight would never have indulged in such a ...

David Weber/Barbaros

A 3 page book review on David Weber's text Barbaros: Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment. This comprehensive t...

Ideas about Peace and War

theories abound, and this idea actually seemingly did spark speculation about other black leaders deaths, it seems that at the ver...

Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Perspectives on Society and the World

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the global and societal perspectives of the Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolu...

America's Enlightenment

In five pages this paper considers America's Enlightenment era in a consideration of the Revolutionary War and such important thin...

How Their Respective Times Were Represented in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Candide by Voltaire

In five pages this research paper examines how The Enlightenment was represented by Voltaire in Candide and the Industrial Revolut...

The Persian Letters by Montesquieu

In five pages this classic 17th century novel by Montesquieu is analyzed as it relates to the Scientific Revolution and the Enligh...

A Look at Figaro

Figaro, the work and the character, are discussed. This Beaumarchais work is contemplated in four pages and utilizes four referenc...

Comparative Study of Hinduism and Buddhism

In six pages historical and contemporary perspectives are used to compare these two religions in terms of enlightenment goals, tea...

Sarte and Descartes Compared

approaches to subjectivity have been characterized by an overwhelming modern anxiety not to be Descartes (206). Descartes pictur...

Philosophy of the Enlightenment and Postmodernism and the Self Concept

that had to be made without conclusively knowing what the correct choices might be (Stack 162). Thus, it can be seen that the Enl...

Western Enlightenment and the Philosophies of John Locke

In five pages this paper discusses how Locke's philosophies contributed to the Enlightenment of the West in an examination of how ...

Robert Bellah's Enlightenment Concept

ruled by others, even those who do not have their best interests at heart (Kant, 1970). Essentially, he contends that this situat...

Western Civilization Historical Periods

was an incredibly powerful and influential time in mankinds history and in the development of Western civilization. Prior to the R...

Period of Enlightenment

life, whereas before there was no tolerance of any other culture or lifestyle other than that of the Euro-centric Christian model....

Questions and Answers Relating to Feminism

twenty-first century women have today. The matriarch after all has played a very different role in society over the past centuries...

Karl Marx, Adam Smith, Enlightenment, Revolution, the State, and the Individual

change and much of the change had hints of individuality and liberty, although most did not demand democracy. In 1776, the famous...

Enlightenment Period and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels

In five pages this paper examines how the Enlightenment is reflected in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Six sources are cit...

Zen Buddhism Term Satori and its Meaning

In one page this research paper defines the Zen Buddhist concept satori as heightened enlightenment comprehension. One source is ...

Values of the Enlightenment and Romanticism

In seven pages this paper discusses the Enlightenment and Romantic values in a consideration of 'The Tyger' by William Blake and '...

Enlightenment According to Sigmund Freud and Friedrich Nietzsche

the beginning of unique aspirations and an original quest for truth. In his book On the Genealogy of Morals, Nietzsche reac...

Comparative Analysis of Buddhism and Taoism

"a holy book" but Tao means "the way," simultaneously a path and principle of order. Throughout the centuries, translators have al...

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

This paper examines Franklin's memoirs in terms of the ways in which it reflects Enlightenment ideals in context as well as form. ...

Enlightenment Ideals in Common Sense by Thomas Paine

written in 1776 by Thomas Paine. This pamphlet requested that the United States immediately declare independence from Britain. I...

Patriarchal Designs of Women's Roles

In a paper consisting of twenty three pages this paper discusses how the English patriarchal society designs women's life roles wi...

U.S. Political Culture's Development

In five pages this paper examines the growth of American political culture from British colonization until the 1787 Constitutional...

European History and Class Struggles

In five pages changing social class is examined from the time periods of the Scientific Revolution until the Enlightenment and fro...

Enlightenment and Entwinement Myth of Horkheimer and Adorno

In seven pages the correlation between enlightenment and mythology as argued by Horkheimer and Adorno is examined. There are no o...

Analysis of Enlightement's Role on the Definition of Modernity

In four pages this research paper examines how modernity was defined by the natural, social, and scientific developments of the En...

Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson

In three pages this paper examines how Jefferson borrowed from Enlightenment theories and John Locke's political philosophy in wri...