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Essays 301 - 330
belief, but at the "priests and their stupid or hypocritical instruments . . we shall think of them only to pity their victims and...
come forth, but in France, the people just rocked the boat and lasting change would only come about through time. Yes, the extraor...
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 "...
the flow of information. Prior to the effects of the printing press, it was relatively easy for the Church to suppress books and w...
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...
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 ...
to have this freedom of religion; when ones religious practices are not allowed by choice but are instead dictated by an omnipoten...
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...
expectations and those who dared to counter those expectations. This battle became particularly intense during the sevente...
and war, which he portrays as contrary to all reason. In the eighteenth century, war was presented to the ordinary citizens as an ...
in Modern Thought points to two cataclysmic moments in history that were responsible for altering the contemporary perceptions of ...
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...
ended at the boundaries of the Catholic church which was barely recognized by Anglicans. Not until the mid-18th century was...
He returns to the witch who then tells him he can have an ugly and faithful wife in her, or a beautiful and unfaithful woman. He a...
In his article on "Distributive Justice" (in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy), author Julian Lamont points out that in the...
in intellectual environments, especially theoretical ones. This personality often prefers to work alone. The artistic component re...
Gottredson and Hirschis Self-Control Theory contends that criminal behavior is perpetuated to meet the perpetrators own self-inter...
down, in eating certain meats...in not celebrating certain holidays, etc.?" (1933, p. 72) While such prohibitions are common in ma...
giri. Osan says, "I could see that you were drifting towards suicide. I felt so unhappy that I wrote a letter, begging her as one ...
A leader is one who can effectively bring opposing views into submission to his own while still recognizing and honoring differenc...
started to fall out of favour, and the fall of this from popualrity is claimed by Charles Jenks to have marked the end of the mode...
role in the company itself as the system, but also may also change the commercial environment which will impact on other firms (Je...