The seventeenth century in England was a time of many kings. Within a century‚ the reigns of five kings as well as a military dictator had run rampant over England’s government. Starting with James I‚ the English monarchy traversed to Charles I‚ Oliver Cromwell‚ Charles II‚ James II‚ and finally William III. With the ascensions of Cromwell and William III‚ drastic events changed the course of England’s history‚ as well as influencing two famous philosophical men. Thomas Hobbes‚ author of Leviathan
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Main Idea of The Enlightenment The Enlightenment which was during the seventeenth and eighteenth century was a time that helped shape the capitalistic‚ democratic world we live in today. The Enlightenment was also called the Age of Reason because that period was a time of high intellect and bright new ideas. Philosophers would meet to discuss economic‚ political‚ social‚ and religious questions. These questions made the philosophers hope that they might some new ways to understand and improve
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The Three Philosophies The three philosophies were ruled during the time of the Shang dynasty. They are Legalism‚ Confucianism‚ and Daoism. Legalism was a philosophy of punishment. Confucianism was a philosophy of peace ( but did have some rules). Daoism was a philosophy of peace‚ being laid-back‚ and kindness. Legalism was a philosophy of punishment. Legalism was based on the teachings of Hanfezi. Hanfezi lived from 280-233 b.c.e. He was also a royal prince from the state of Han. Legalism
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Looking at the modern world that we live in today‚ authors Scott L. Montgomery and Daniel Chirot in there book The Shape of the New have narrowed it down to “Four Big Ideas” that have shaped the modern world in which we live in today and the men who defined them. These four men didn’t invent these ideas but they are looked at by these two authors as the most influential individuals who brought the most change into the modern world. Montgomery and Chirot emphasize that “Ideas‚ therefore‚ are not mere
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The Social Contract of John Locke AJS 532 Introduction The concept of the social contract comes from Socrates‚ as described by Plato in Crito. “Then the laws will say: ‘Consider‚ Socrates‚ if we are speaking truly that in your present attempt you are going to do us an injury. For‚ having brought you into the world‚ and nurtured and educated you‚ and given you and every other citizen a share in every good which we had to give‚ we further proclaim to any Athenian by the liberty which we allow
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The idea of the necessity for a Social Contract is one which has been explored by countless philosophers‚ all of whom have varied ideas on why and how a social contract may come about. Within the Following essay i shall be exploring John Locke’s ideas on why humanity needs to enter a social contract and how this is gone about. John Locke was born in 1632‚ around the time of the English Civil war and the ascendency of Cromwell‚ which can be seen as great influences on the content of his works and
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Jean Cocteau‚ 1889-1963‚ once written‚ "The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First‚ society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails‚ they try to poison you. If this fails too‚ the finish by loading honors on your head." He meant to say was that people should not let their society take control of how they should live their own lives. People should not be threatened by their own society‚ but they should be themselves instead of mindless puppets of society
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Francoism as a philosophy has two main tenets. One for the individual‚ and one for the Order as a whole. Those are adaptability and sovereignty‚ respectively. That we are involved in an eternal revolution striving to further better ourselves while also combining our sovereignty under one Emperor in order to focus our power and remain free. However‚ this in and of its self is not the entirety of Francoism‚ as you delve deeper into the works and essays of many scholars‚ you find that adaptably and
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should always give and protect our rights. However‚ the Enlightenment thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ feels we protect our own rights by working together. In class we discussed how his belief is similar to the phrase: If we all have superpowers the no one has superpowers. We considered this phrase because if everyone were to have superpowers‚ then we wouldn’t wish to have them anymore since everyone has them. Rousseau also stated we must use reason to give the individual rights of life‚ liberty‚ and property
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safety and protection for citizens. Over time‚ this soon evolved into providing physical & emmotional saftey and the protection for citizens. That sounds pretty good to me‚ isn’t that the kind of government you would want. In the words of Jean Jacques Rousseau "man is born free‚ but he is everywhere in chains.” We are born free and will live free‚ except a few rules placed by the government that keeps us safe. So‚ the social contract protects our rights by giving us a say on our everyday
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