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exaggeration. Voltaire (1947) is in fact sarcastic and while the author is indirect in the way in which he writes, it seems that t...

nature. De Gouges (2003) looks at the same natural world and challenges Enlightenment philosophers to give her an example in natur...

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...

speeches in his position of Secretary of the Paris Academy of Sciences, in which he did a great deal to enhance both the cultural ...

This essay pertains to "V for Vendetta" and "Children of Men" and provides a discussion of how both films support Enlightenment i...

Catholics and Protestants (then called Huguenots by the French), church and state were "imperfectly and precariously united" despi...

Comparing and contrasting the search for enlightenment in the works of Dante Alighieri and Hanshan in 4 pages. Primary sources on...

This research paper includes four short essays, which are on how slaves retained their sense of identity and community, Enlightenm...

an enlightened age?" the answer is, "No, but we do live in an age of enlightenment." " (PG). Kant incidentally does write during t...

civil and criminal courts, all lawsuits were treated as civil suits (Long). The victim prosecuted the case rather than any legal r...

The text suggests that waking and daylight are most conducive to logical thought. Popes analysis of mans position in the chain of ...

doing whatever one wants, with no regard to law (Krause, 2000). If independence must be sacrificed in order to achieve political ...

seem to discuss how she is a gift perhaps, sent from some higher power. This would indicate that she is perhaps thought to be beau...

frightening lack of individuality. This is also exemplified in society today. Was he correct? Is the world turning the people into...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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). ...