Inquiry Report (ROUGH DRAFT) 03/18/14 Jeffrey P. Rowan The question that I have arrived at after much reading is "Why did Spinoza stop writing his Ethics and begin work on his Theological-Political Treatise?" Baruch de Spinoza was a brilliant mathematician and philosoph that lived in the Dutch Republic during the mid seventeenth century. He was raised a Jew and lived much of his life in a in a Yeshiva studying Jewish theology. He was a star pupil but cut short his studies in his late teens
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Rationalism is the principle that maintains that through reason alone we can gain at least some positive knowledge of the world. The three major rationalists‚ Rene Descartes‚ Baruch Spinoza and Gottfried Welhelm Leibniz‚ used this idea in order to defy skepticism and expose the true nature of reality. However‚ each philosopher is frequently in disagreement. The idea for ‘God’‚ and what constitutes substance‚ matter and reality are the four key structural beliefs that aid each rationalist in the forming
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Christian Scherrer‚ student number: 013851259 Analysing and synthesizing passions Aspects of Cartesian and Spinozist method It has often been noted that in the third part of his „Ethics“ Spinoza follows in his list of definitions of affects to a great extent the one of passions given by Descartes in his “Passions de l’Ame” (apart from divergent evaluations of some of the passions1‚ like Spinoza´s refusal to include admiratio among them). It also appears that both of them are building a taxonomy
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Ben Jorgensen Professor Wakefield English 5 3 April 2013 The Influence of Rationalism on the French Revolution What was the driving force behind the French Revolution? Many people may say it was financial‚ or political‚ and while I would agree that these things were part of the force that propelled the French Revolution‚ I would assert that the philosophies of the Enlightenment were the dominant force that blasted late eighteenth century France into revolution . In his article‚ “The French
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My Trip To China I went to China at 4th April‚ with my grandma and grandpa. That day‚ we got up at 7 o*clock in the morning. We went on the ship at 9:40am. When we reached China‚ we saw our relation‚ they saw us and helped us to carry the luggage. They are very kind to us. After about 1 hour‚ traveled by car‚ we reached home‚ it was about 1 o*clock‚ we were very hungry‚ they*ve already cooked the lunch for us. After lunch‚ we walked around in the village . When we back home‚ we chatted until
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Who would have thought a sixty-five year old‚ seventies sports icon would come out about being transgender? Caitlyn Jenner‚ previously known as "Bruce" carries an astonishing secret for decades. When she finally comes out about something that is seen as controversial to many people‚ such as being transgender. The already iconic individual becomes more of an icon than she already is; especially to the transgender community. II. Caitlyn’s Early Life Caitlyn Jenner‚ born on October 28‚ 1949 as William
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“Keeping Up with the Kardashians (often referred to simply as The Kardashians) is an American reality television series that premieres on E!. It follows the lives of the Kardashian/Jenner family‚ including sisters Kourtney‚ Kim‚ and Khloé Kardashian” (Wikipedia). Keeping up with the Kardashian’s is a very famous show amongst all the young women‚ ages anywhere from twelve to mid thirty’s. Baran would argue that being a media literate is important because this show is a huge show and these sisters
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Sunday night’s scene of "Staying aware of the Kardashians" played less like a blustery record of the truth star demimonde than a military-system narrative. Ahead of schedule in the scene‚ Kim Kardashian West was called to activity by her significant other‚ Kanye West‚ after sound of him irately alluding to Taylor Swift as "fake" spilled in February. Again and again‚ she emphasized how she felt that Mr. West was depicted unjustifiably openly‚ by Ms. Quick and others. As the scene goes on‚ Ms. Kardashian
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Similarities and Differences between The Identity Issue of Rachel and Caitlyn Everyone is unique because he or she can be identified distinctly from the other. However‚ a personal identity is how everyone sees himself. Personal identity is very important because it affects the way everyone feels about himself or herself‚ and behaves. Personal identity is the way that someone sees herself or himself‚ and it is closely related to your image. Sometimes it is object of controversy. Sometimes it exists
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