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

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

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

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

and the second seeks to "alter the self-understanding of groups which have been defined in negative ways by a dominant culture" (L...

to petition the government for a redress of grievances" ("First Amendment")). The idea of the separation of church and state was i...

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

all of the figures included, with the exception of the two children. There is a little boy sitting on the Madonnas lap and another...

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

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 ...

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

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

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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). ...