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    intellectual and cultural tradition? 2. ’81: Compare the ways in which two works of art reproduced below express the artistic‚ philosophical and cultural values of their times. (Pictures of Michelangelo ’s David and Giacometti ’s Man Pointing 1947). 3. ’82: Compare and contrast the cultural values of the Enlightenment with those of the sixteenth century Northern Renaissance. 4. ’84: Compare and contrast the views of Machiavelli and Rousseau on human nature

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    the Bastille”‚ Claude Monet (1789) This painting represents the chaos and violence that was characteristic of the French Revolution Nate Yurow The Debate Between Romanticism and Enlightenment The poem France: An Ode‚ written by Samuel Coleridge and Robespierre’s Republic of Virtue agree on the values that the French Revolution fights for but have contrasting views on the methods used to achieve those goals. The French Revolution fought to break down the monarchial system and replace

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    On Equiano’s Travels and the Enlightenment During the eighteenth century‚ an age of enlightenment fell upon the people of Europe. Across the continent‚ knowledge and discovery spread like wildfire. During this era‚ an overwhelming majority of middle-class citizens became literate‚ partaking in various forms of high culture previously reserved exclusively to the aristocracy. At the same time‚ while the age of Enlightenment produced prominent theorists‚ thinkers‚ and intellectual works‚ it also made

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    The second half of the eighteenth century marked the height of the period of intellectual curiosity and simulation known as the Enlightenment. This intellectual movement‚ which spread throughout Europe‚ encouraged people to question everything they once thought to be true‚ from the laws of science to methods of government. Enlightenment philosophers and writers pushed for reforms‚ and‚ because of this new concept of debating such a wide variety of once widely held truths‚ people from all over Europe

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    RUNNING HEAD: ENLIGHTENMENT ESSAY Enlightenment Essay Felicia Troublefield Grand Canyon University HTH 469 March 28‚ 2013 Enlightenment Essay Ever since God created the world it has been filled with activity‚ and for three hundred years until about fifty years ago we have been under the influence of the age of modernity. However‚ modernity is fast giving way to postmodernism and again the force this change will undoubtedly cause people to once again change their perspective of the world

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    Notes on Kant’s What is Enlightenment? Posted on March 16‚ 2012 ‘Enlightenment is the human being’s emergence from his self-incurred minority. Kant means emergence from a form of slavery‚ in which one is not free to think for oneself‚ but instead is told what to think. In a sense‚ I think it relates to religious and state imposed rules. This is reinforced when Kant suggests to ‘have the courage to make use of your own understanding’‚ making that the motto of the Enlightenment. He‚ perhaps ironically

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    III. The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening‚ 1720–1765 A. The Enlightenment in America 1. Many early Americans believed in folk wisdom‚ while others relied on a religion that believed the earth was the center of the universe and that God intervened directly and continuously in all kinds of human affairs. 2. philosophers of the European Enlightenment used empirical research and scientific reasoning to study all aspects of life‚ including social institutions and human behavior. 3. Enlightenment

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    Euripides’ Medea and Seneca’s Medea are the two surviving ancient tragedies of Medea. Both versions are drastically different and contrast in several aspects. Euripides portrays Medea as more human. She is the epitome of the oppressed housewife and only after her suffering is she capable of the crimes she committed. Seneca’s Medea is even more vengeful than Euripides’ and she is angry from the very beginning. Seneca’s version also portrays Medea as a vengeful sorceress whereas in Euripides’ version

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    through the comparison of Euripides’ Medea and Sophocles’ Oedipus the King. Sophocles writes the story of Oedipus‚ who is trying to save his city from pollution‚ while simultaneously running from his own prophesied fate. His

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    American values and beliefs as they are reflected in the American character. If you asked most Americans what the cultural values in the US are‚ you might get some blank stares‚ or a statement of some basic beliefs. The question may seem simple‚ but the answer is quite complex in a society as highly diverse as the US‚ there is likely to be a multitude of answers. American culture has been enriched by the values and belief system of virtually every part of the world. Consequently‚ it is impossible

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