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light that does not deceive us" (Whelan, 2002, p. 1). This "natural light," in his estimation enables human beings to arrive at "...

like the male philosophers of the day. She was the exception. While by and large, the people saw women as having a subservient pla...

Enlightenment must be researched as well. Finally, the literature from the age of Enlightenment by women in support of feminism sh...

the chance to break free from such constraints. The global society was ready for a tremendous change in direction following the t...

science fiction, the reality is that the problem of labeling and drugging children in the world is growing. Of course, Freud wrote...

the society has been "dumbed down." It does seem true that the masses rarely think for themselves. They vote by sound bite and for...

freedom of speech as well as to be able to use reason publicly in all matters without fear of retribution, is very important. It i...

and war, which he portrays as contrary to all reason. In the eighteenth century, war was presented to the ordinary citizens as an ...

workers actions. If he performed for himself, the worker would not feel alienated by his efforts. According to Marx, a great deal ...

in Modern Thought points to two cataclysmic moments in history that were responsible for altering the contemporary perceptions of ...

Indeed, it seems that within the context of philosophy, there is a wrestling with religious thought, because it is from the rejec...

to have this freedom of religion; when ones religious practices are not allowed by choice but are instead dictated by an omnipoten...

a very different civil war, which ended in liberty. It was this event alone that may be seen as most significant by Voltaire. He...

from one epoch to another. The title symbolized customs of the past, but it could also be adapted to whatever future social or ec...

is he doesnt necessarily find much of anything on the final journey. Though he finally adapts himself back to humanity following h...

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

Roman feel to Michelangelos "Creation of Adam" that almost speaks of ancient Roman statues. In Medieval times such a piece of art ...

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

the intrusion of evil in the form of the Counts illicit desires for Susanna (Till 141). This loss of innocence, which is equated w...

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

approaches the question from the other end of the spectrum. Broeckx begins with a brief description of the average, ordinary Canad...

Theravada Buddhism was the original form, which was based on lengthy meditation and required...

He saw the changing world and the things within it as mere shadows or reflections of a separate world of independently existing, e...

the principal sacred texts of the various religions, and what forms do they take? What are the liturgical, intellectual, political...

There was a paradigm shift as the Enlightenment approached in that man was now seen as master of his destiny as opposed to simply ...

a certain inclination towards laziness. In discussing his childhood, Augustines theories toward education come out. He adamantly r...

greatest minds of his time period (Geocities.com, 2002). Maria Theresa was considerably more conservative (Geocities.com, 2002). ...

patently incorrect assumption or definition. Socrates exercises in dialogue and thinking are not entirely negative and are certa...

In eleven pages this paper considers the crime increase in England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the crime re...

expectations and those who dared to counter those expectations. This battle became particularly intense during the sevente...