From its beginnings in the early 1600s‚ through the great expansion of the late 19th century‚ the French overseas empire was formed more by the agencies and stimulation of the state‚ church‚ and armed forces than by the initiation of the business community. Merchants‚ financiers‚ and manufacturers did engage in and profit from French imperial ventures‚ but mostly they had to be convinced into participation by monarchy or republican officials. In this the French colonial empire differed from its
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Before the 16th century‚ Europe had a radically different approach and view of science. At that time‚ this system of explaining the universe and superstition were seen as equal counterparts. There was a belief almost‚ that the ways of life could not be explained logically‚ but only by superstition and the mysterious actions of God. That assumption was created in part by the Catholic church and since‚ the church influenced a large portion of the common people’s time and lives‚ science remained as
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motives‚ “Christ-mysticism” that declared Christ the “Chief Elder” of the brotherhood. Moravians placed Bible as the only source and guide for faith‚ teaching and life thus continuing the Reformation affirmation of sola scriptura. Moravians trained people in trade and useful arts for their work as missionaries and the early Evangelical leaders were trained mainly for humanitarian in the best sense along with evangelistic works. These three movements‚ Puritanism‚ Pietism and Moravian movements
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precepts of order‚ calm‚ harmony‚ balance‚ idealization‚ and rationality that typified Classicism in general and late 18th-century - Neoclassicism in particular. It was also to some extent a reaction against the Enlightenment and against 18th-century rationalism and physical materialism in general. Romanticism emphasized the individual‚ the subjective‚ the irrational‚ the imaginative‚ the personal‚ the spontaneous‚ the emotional‚ the visionary‚ and the transcendental. (Encyclopaedia Britannica‚ 2012)
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Nature of Philosophy Philosophy * Comes from the 2 Greek words « philos -love » and « sophia -wisdom » * tasks that requires a deliberate effort to seek the truth. * The act of questioning or wanting to know initiates philosophy‚ and most of the time we relate philosophy to thinking. * Knowledge of all things‚ through this ultimate causes‚ aquired through the use of reasoning * Is the intense and critical examination of beliefs and assumptions Philosopher * Lover of
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Epistemology Vocabulary Epistemology: The branch of philosophy that investigates the nature‚ sources‚ limitations‚ and validity of knowledge. Rationalism: The position that reason alone‚ without the aid of sensory info‚ is capable of arriving at some knowledge‚ at some undeniable truths. Empiricism: the position that knowledge has its origins in and derives all of its content from experience. Idealism: in metaphysics‚ the position that reality is ultimately non matter; in EPISTEMOLOGY‚ the
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The dichotomy between Spiritualism and Rationalism The purpose of this report is to discover how architecture‚ art‚ science and spirituality relate to each other. Initially‚ it is appropriate to introduce and analyze Boullè cenotaph‚ Turrell’s crater and the pantheon‚ showing which similarities they have in common. Furthermore‚ relating these three projects to the notion of spirituality‚ it is essential to write about what it represent and what is the role
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that man was born free and everywhere he was in chains. In his opinion man was governed by the same principle as physical sciences and in fact there was no basic difference between the two. He‚ however‚ distinguish between the two on the basis of rationalism. His views about Democracy. According to M.N. Roy in its present form democracy did not grant either economic or social or political freedom. In fact‚ he came to the conclusion that the present impure democracy sacrified individual freedom for
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refers to the study of methods. In philosophy‚ on the other hand‚ defines method as a reflective thinking that is when a person defines a problem with respect to himself. The earliest method of inquiry were observation (empiricism) and reasoning (rationalism). It is a major problem to the philosophers to balance these earliest method of inquiry since those are subjective and therefore reflects ones thinking and not to general. For example‚ the observation which uses the senses of humans‚ namely the
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Transcendentalism was a philosophical movement that occurred in America around 1836 in reaction to rationalism. Transcendental authors embraced closeness with nature while at the same time misbelieving with mainstream society. There are many focuses on the compare and contrast of the bonds that Emerson and Thoreau encouraged by analysing details from several works of literature. Transcendental authors‚ Ralph Emerson and David Thoreau expressed their thoughts about the relationship between people
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