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Essays 211 - 240
the way in practice, in respect to the empowerment of individual citizens and the opening up of the process of government to great...
an exciting time in world history as well as in the United States. Some consider the Enlightenment to be a blanket term, defining ...
eighteenth centuries was the formulation of the additions to the doctrine of the apostles in modern times (Marty, 1959). The first...
great extent, people still cling to religious notions. The observation made more than a century ago is still valid. Not only that,...
expectations and those who dared to counter those expectations. This battle became particularly intense during the sevente...
prevents not only the slaves but the Christians who own them from becoming enlightened through religion. Clearly, Immanual Kant a...
existence. Thus, he sees himself as something more than a victim. He simply has a less desirable fate than some of his peers. Yet,...
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...
a certain inclination towards laziness. In discussing his childhood, Augustines theories toward education come out. He adamantly r...
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...
the society has been "dumbed down." It does seem true that the masses rarely think for themselves. They vote by sound bite and for...
Indeed, it seems that within the context of philosophy, there is a wrestling with religious thought, because it is from the rejec...
In a paper of fifteen pages an examination of European history includes the Middle Ages, Baroque period, and The Enlightenment in ...
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 ...
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...
in Modern Thought points to two cataclysmic moments in history that were responsible for altering the contemporary perceptions of ...
speeches in his position of Secretary of the Paris Academy of Sciences, in which he did a great deal to enhance both the cultural ...
light that does not deceive us" (Whelan, 2002, p. 1). This "natural light," in his estimation enables human beings to arrive at "...
It seems ludicrous to picture a womans toilette as dangerous, yet the humor, in part, derives from the fact that men of this era a...
it from a cavalry captain," etc. (Voltaire, 1995, p. 9). This "genealogy," also subtly parodies the numerous "beget" clauses of t...
the flow of information. Prior to the effects of the printing press, it was relatively easy for the Church to suppress books and w...
twenty-first century women have today. The matriarch after all has played a very different role in society over the past centuries...
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...
was an incredibly powerful and influential time in mankinds history and in the development of Western civilization. Prior to the R...
science fiction, the reality is that the problem of labeling and drugging children in the world is growing. Of course, Freud wrote...