trusting the church or logic‚ Bacons new method advocated for validity through experimentation. Though this meant that many Aristolean scientific law could be disproved putting the church at wrong‚ the method was accepted within the realms of enlightened despots countries. Descartes was the first to advocate for deductive reasoning. Throughout the centuries‚ inductive reasoning or trust within the church were the means of reason. Descartes opposed this with his Discourse on a Method were he described
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view of the role of government in accomplishing liberty for a country‚ the responsibility of the ruler in maintaining liberty for a country‚ and the effect the ideology of liberty can be expected to have on the people. Catherine the great was a despot monarch‚ meaning she was all for enlightenment. She was married to grand duke peter but she realized how mentally unstable and cruel he was‚ she had him arrested and was announced ruler. She was against serfdom and slavery‚ she was against discrimination
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Galileo Inventions." Information About Cool Inventions‚ Their Creators‚ and Time Line. Ed. Invention Pop. Web. 26 Dec. 2010. . “New Knowledge of Human Beings and Society”. Kramer‚ Palmer‚ Colton. 10th ed. Mcgraw Hill. Web. 26 Dec. 2010. "APEH‚ Enlightened Despotism." Scribd. Ed. Scribd. Web. 26 Dec. 2010. . Bellis‚ By Mary. "17th Century - Timeline and Inventions of the 17th Century." Inventors. Web. 26 Dec. 2010. . "The Philosophies of Hobbes and Locke." Essortment Articles. Ed. Essortment A. Web
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The medieval view was based on scholasticism‚ while deductive logic and reasoning was relayed on the church authority. Prior to the Scientific Revolution‚ learning was mostly obtained through the teaching by the Catholic church thus in powering them over the uneducated people. In the the Middle Ages‚ science was used to better understand the mysterious works of God‚ but mostly learning was based on superstition. The population in the Middle Ages were ignorant to astronomy‚ germs‚ and the unknown
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say hadn ’t changed‚ what would the effect on the world be today? Would you or I be speaking some other language? French perhaps? The Enlightened Despots‚ Frederick? Was he? Maria Theresa? Hardly‚ Catherine had absolutely no impact whatsoever‚ and William Pitt‚ while he was an effective military strategist‚ was no despot‚ and surely not enlightened. Louis
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nothing could be done about it because everybody feared them. Napoleon was the savior of these people The age of Napoleon undoubtedly changed the course of France’s and Europe’s development. It is argued that Napoleon was simply just another enlightened despot who wanted dominance over Europe‚ and sacrificed thousands of soldiers to accomplish this‚ but this is incorrect. Napoleon established himself as the founder of the Modern state by creating the Civil Code and liberating the people of France
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advantage of it as he beat the dog with a pan‚ force the dog into submission‚ and eventually‚ "swung him two or three times hilariously about his head‚ and then flung him with great accuracy through the window" (Crane 6). The father was clearly enlightened by his ability to prey upon a defenseless dog and to murder him without a second
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Napoleon was nothing more than a dictator in his rule of France between 1799 and 1815. How far do you agree? “History is a version of events which everyone has agreed on” - Napoleon Napoleon was nothing more than a tyrant as he exploited France in pursuit of his own ambitions to achieve a dynasty in his name. A dictatorship is often associated with repression and the workings of a police state. Both of these were‚ in fact‚ being used in France . For example Napoleon vigorously censored the
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four (4) 18th century European wars. p.542 2. Define‚ in short‚ John Locke’s political philosophy. p.542-3 3. What was Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political argument? p.543 4. European monarchs that supported some Enlightenment ideas were called “enlightened despots”. Who were these monarchs (examples) and why did they favor some Enlightenment ideas? P.543 5. What is Nicolas-Jacques Conte famous for? P.544 6. Describe
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absolute power. The single ruling entity may be an individual‚ as in an autocracy‚ or it may be a group‚ as in an oligarchy. The great Renaissance historian John Addington Symonds refers to the 14th and 15th Centuries in Italy as the “Age of the Despots.” It was under the tyrannies‚ in the midst of all the wars and revolutions‚ that the Italians were given the chance to develop their peculiar individuality. This individuality determined the qualities of the Renaissance and affected Europe as a whole
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