meaning that philosophers were thinkers in France. “The term ‘philosophers’ comes from the Ancient Greek term meaning ‘lover of wisdom”(wiki). The philosopher that influence the american democracy and the french revolution was both john Locke and Thomas Hobbes. John Locke believed or political philosophy was the human natural rights. “Being all equal and independent‚ no one ought to harm another in
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Republic. Hobbes. Locke. Bach. Voltaire. Rousseau. ________________________________________________________________ 1651. 1690. 1721. 1759. 1762. (1) Philosophy in the Age of Reason. Setting the Scene. During the Enlightenment philosophers felt they could use reason to discover natural laws that govern human behavior. This period is the Age of Reason. Two Views of the Social Contract. In 1600s two Englishmen set forth ideas destined as key to the Enlightenment. Hobbes and Locke had ideas that change
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identity‚ thought up by John Locke‚ were skeptical for several philosophers throughout time. Locke believes that we are the same person as we were yesterday because of our personal identity. He says that our personal identity is founded on consciousness namely‚ a continuity of conscious memories‚ but that the substance of the soul or body does not affect our personal identity. First‚ I will discuss what Locke believes to be a person. Second‚ I will explain why Locke believes personal identity has
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“Devil in Me‚ The.” Ira Glass. This American Life. Chicago Public Radio. 7 Sept. 2007. Hobbes‚ Thomas. “Excerpts from Leviathan.” Enduring Questions for an Intercultural World. Ed. Barbara Rolleston. Berea‚ OH: Baldwin-Wallace College‚ 2006. 40-47 Locke‚ John. “’Of the State of Nature’ from Two Treatises of Government.” Enduring Questions for an Intercultural World. Ed. Barbara Rolleston. Berea‚ OH: Baldwin-Wallace College‚ 2006. 48-52. Lustwig‚ Myron W. and Koester‚ Jolene. Intercultural Competence:
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In his book‚ “Communist Manifesto‚” Marx stresses the importance of communism or the publication of private property. As stated above‚ John Locke was the influencer of human basic rights‚ which included the right to own private property. The development of the Capitalist soon came after this right was made. Capitalists were key contributors to the rise of the industrial revolution but also to
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provides an interesting perspective on self-identity and what makes us who we are. The French philosopher‚ Rene Descartes‚ argued that self-identity depends on consciousness. John Locke agreed that self-identity is dependent on consciousness‚ but he also argued that the same identity depended on having the same soul. Locke argued that one’s memories are what constitutes his self-identity. He said that argument is what links a person’s past self to the person that she is today. In the movie‚ the memories
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During the Enlightenment‚ many new ideas were created. John Locke‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ and David Hume are thinkers from the Enlightenment. They all supported the creation of government that embraced their Enlightenment ideas. Locke‚ Franklin‚ and Hume are the most important thinkers. In the era of the Enlightenment‚ these thinkers were the ones who had the biggest impact on the world. John Locke focused on government. Locke created the idea of a “social contact”‚ which is important because it’s good
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Independence and the U.S. Constitution‚ French soldiers‚ the ones supposed to be loyal to the crown‚ came home with ideas of change‚ and revolution. Secondly‚ the Enlightenment contributed to ideas of natural rights through thinkers like John Locke and Voltaire. John Locke‚ English philosopher‚ stated in his Two Treatises of Government that “all mankind” was “equal and independent” and that the rights to “life‚ health‚ liberty or possessions” should not be infringed upon. These ideas weighed heavily on the
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understandable‚ predictable universe governed by mathematical laws. - newton 8. We are all born to perfect freedom. God has given the world to all men in common. - locke 9. All men are essentially equal and have rights by nature. -locke 10. Man is the product of his environment; change the environment and change the man. -locke 11. TABULA RASa- locke – blank slate 12. I do not agree with what you are saying‚ but I am willing to fight for your right to say it. - voltaire 13. Who Studied Roman Laws ? Who
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Human nature‚ politics Paul Henry Schiepan and the meaning of the state Is Reason Universal? Are the passions? Which could be the starting point for understanding human nature? Reason and passions‚ which to understand the true basement of human nature? This question has been the subject of controversy since philosophy exists. For instance Greeks believed in the separation of human between his body‚ his spirit
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