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of his own life; and consequently, of doing anything which, in his own judgement and reason, he shall conceive to be the aptest me...

and poor urban workers" and this coalition of the middle class and poor "gave the revolution its driving force" (Schmiechen, 1999)...

belief, but at the "priests and their stupid or hypocritical instruments . . we shall think of them only to pity their victims and...

This 3 page paper looks at the way in which King George III was influenced and influenced The Enlightenment with interests in scie...

Declaration, Gouges (1791) writes: " Woman is born free and remains equal to man in rights. Social distinctions can be based only ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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...

the flow of information. Prior to the effects of the printing press, it was relatively easy for the Church to suppress books and w...

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 "...

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

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...

argued that the German Enlightenment served as the beginning of unique aspirations and an original quest for truth. The journey t...

In five pages this research paper discusses Maximilien Robespierre's political writings and the Declaration of the Rights of Man i...

what is bothering her, Phaedra seems to describe the Enlightenment philosophy in her observation: "We understand and recognize wha...

the Age of Enlightenment was formed, at its core, by "Empiricism and a rationalistic doctrine of natural rights... they also held ...

discourse that I find confusing. Philosophy has often struck me as an amorphous subject. Its slippery and refuses to be categoriz...

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

his most famous sayings is "If God did not exist, he would have to be invented," which we can interpret to mean that man tends to ...