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    Enlightenment Philosophers

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    Enlightenment Philosopher|Lived|Publications|Enlightenment Principle| Adam Smith|||| John Locke|||| Thomas Hobbes|||| Voltaire|||| Baron Charles de Montesquieu|||| Jean-Jacques Rousseau|||| Thomas Jefferson|||| William Blackstone|||| John Locke (1632-1704) The British philosopher John Locke was especially known for his liberal‚ anti-authoritarian theory of the state[->0]‚ his empirical theory of knowledge‚ his advocacy of religious toleration‚ and his theory of personal identity

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    where people with technology‚ mathematic‚ and other skills build and launch spaceships. The film tells you how Florida has impacted over the years and what the point of it was. NASA influenced Florida and the economy by bringing in money and job openings. On page two of the film transcript it states that families who were suffering due to poverty were given the opportunity for jobs because of how big the program is. NASA was in need of thousands of employees willing to give all that they could. This

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    How The Nile Influenced Ancient Egypt Did you know that the Nile is 4‚132 miles long! Amazing isn’t it! It was a useful source of water for the ancient Egyptian community. It helped ancient Egypt with it’s economics‚ population‚ settlement distribution‚ and spiritual life. That is how the Nile influenced ancient Egypt. Here‚ let me explain more briefly. First of all‚ the Nile helped with Egypt’s population and settlement distribution (Doc. A). All of the Egyptian settlements were near the Nile

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    along and tried to reason out the world. The Enlightenment was riddled with great thinkers who pressed their philosophical stamp in Western though—one of these was Voltaire (1694-1778). Born in Paris‚ France to wealthy parents‚ Voltaire grew to become one of the most influential‚ popular‚ and hated writers of his day. With his writings regarding reason over superstition‚ freedom of speech‚ and religious tolerance‚ Voltaire opened the door for the Enlightenment. Voltaire was a staunch believer in the

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    HOW YOUR DIET IS INFLUENCED BY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS Since the beginning of time‚ dietary practices have been incorporated into the religious practices of people around the world. Some religious are prohibited from consuming certain foods and drinks. Practices such as fasting are described as tenets of faith by numerous religions and several incorporate some element of fasting. The diet influenced by religious beliefs does have numerous benefits in our daily life but it also has some disadvantages

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    Age of Enlightenment

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    The eighteenth-century Enlightenment was a movement of intellectuals who were greatly impressed with the achievements of the Scientific Revolution. One of the favorite words of these intellectuals was reason‚ by which they meant the application of the scientific method to the understanding of all life. They believed that institutions and all systems of thought were subject to the rational‚ scientific way of thinking if people would only free themselves from past‚ worthless traditions‚ especially

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    ideas arose guiding mankind to a period of time that is known for the great advances‚ ideas and discoveries that became the fundamental base for today’s political and scientific ideologies. These new political and scientific philosophies of the enlightenment era marked a shift in the European history as during this period‚ the “human ability to reason was glorified.” John Locke was an English man who believed that “the power of the government to rule must come from the consent of the governed.” That

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    philosopher‚ Immanuel Kant described the Enlightenment as the: “man’s emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one’s own understanding without another’s guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding‚ but in indecision and lack of courage to use one’s own mind without another’s guidance. Dare to know! (Sapere aude.) ‘Have the courage to use your own understanding‚’ is therefore the motto of the Enlightenment” (Kant). Meanwhile‚ past periods

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    and politics. Religion was a big factor to Enlightenment philosophy. Colonists wanted less emotional and more rational although there were not much people who went to church much. All this statements and ideas led to the religious movement‚ Great Awakening. This led to new churched and had preachers‚ Whitefield and Edwards show colonies the Holy Spirit. Most colonies had religious difference though. They believed if they knew to worship‚ they knew how to govern himself. The American Revolution

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    Basketball and baseball are the greatest things to ever happen to me. There is not one day where I do not enjoy shooting hoops or hitting home runs. People always say that I should be playing baseball because of how fit and athletic I am‚ so I tried it out‚ and it turned out I was pretty good. For basketball it was a different story. People have said that I was way too short‚ but my first game I scored about twenty points and everyone kept quiet. I’m now 5 ft 5‚ 117 lbs‚ and in middle school‚ so

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