The award for the most enlightened thinker goes to…Mary Wollstonecraft! Mary Wollstonecraft was an astounding leader in women’s rights in the 18th century. She wrote one of the first works on feminist philosophy. Her belief was that women were often perceived as inferior to men because of their lack of education. She wrote‚ “Men and women should be treated as rational beings in a social order founded on reason”. This means that men and women should be equal in a society that can use common sense
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Maximilien de Robespierre was born into a family within France during high political tension. When he was six‚ Robespierre’s mother died during the birth of her fifth child. His father was devastated. Though a successful lawyer in his town of Arras‚ France‚ Robespierre’s father was so upset about the death of his wife that his law practice started to fail‚ and in 1766‚ he left his four children with relatives. Robespierre was raised by two aunts. In 1769‚ he won for himself a scholarship to Louis-le-Grand
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18.09.2012 What is enlightenment according to Kant? For hundreds of years questions such as what is enlightenment and how can we be enlightened were asked‚ and many different answers were given. Some tell that it is all about being educated‚ knowing few languages or being a great mathematician or a writer; others‚ on contrary‚ say that is not about academic education‚ but about education of our souls‚ that brings harmony
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modification brings about more problems than solutions? What can we learn from the study of Mathematics? “The winners in globalization benefit society at the expense of the losers.” Discuss. Is capital punishment compatible with a truly enlightened society? If progress is to be achieved‚ we cannot insist on knowledge that is founded on a bedrock of indubitable beliefs. How far do you agree? Doubt should‚ and must‚ be overcome. Discuss. “Citizen journalism undermines the future of
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hand when I need help. I am defiantly enjoying the online classroom more than the classes on a campus. I am able to make school work around my daily schedule. I am more enlightened now and no longer scared to take college courses to make my future a brighter one. Learning Experiences As stated before I am more enlightened since the first week of this class. To be honest I thought that I would not learn anything form this course. I am excited to say I thought poorly on the matter of what
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QUOTE The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles’ Antigone translated by Seamus Heaney. There is a war between brothers over power and the two are clashing over the crown in Thebes. Over a ferocious battle‚ they both perish in the mighty battle‚ Eteocles and Polyneices. After the Battle‚ Creon comes to Thebes and is pronounced the current king. Creon decides to give Eteocles a proper burial since he fault in favor of Thebes‚ but denies Polyneices any type of burial and this is a big shock since
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INTRODUCTION The conscience is a highly misunderstood concept today. Obey your conscience can be defined or illustrated as “an act of the intellect judging that an action must be performed as an obligatory or must be omitted as sinful‚ or maybe performed as lawful or is advisable as the better course of action” .What this statement is trying to drive at is that there is an inner feeling as to the goodness or otherwise of one’s behavior (my conscience is clear; has a guilty conscience) or inner
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instruction. Therefore‚ parents’ attitudes are important for the growth of children. Generally‚ here are three kinds of parents in today’s China. According to their education mode‚ they can be classified into strict parents‚ irresponsible parents and enlightened parents. The first group is parents who treat their children strictly‚ which is the most prevalent type in China. There is an old saying in China，“Parens hope for the son to grow up into dragon‚ daughter to grow up into a phoenix” which means every
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: This document was written at the same time as the enlightened period. It is a journal of Jacques – Louis Ménétra‚ a master glazier‚ who went to Paris to start his own business and at that same time‚ he met Rousseau‚ one of many enlightenment thinkers‚ and discover that he had a sense of adventure and criticism just like Rousseau. In these part of his journal he describes a conversation with a curate‚ about many issues of the time‚ but mostly about the religious problem. It seems that in this document
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Dante and Machiavelli define opposite sides of the Renaissance in several ways. Certainly the former believes that God will reveal all and call people to account for their behavior‚ while the latter gives every sign of believing in no God and supposing that scrupulous behavior only makes one a target for ruthless exploitation. This difference in the two could be expressed in terms of religious faith—but they could also be said to have differing views of human nature. Try to get to the heart of
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