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the principal sacred texts of the various religions, and what forms do they take? What are the liturgical, intellectual, political...

and inextricably a branch of religion. Beginning with the radical Copernicus, who taught that the earth revolved around the sun, E...

expectations and those who dared to counter those expectations. This battle became particularly intense during the sevente...

prevents not only the slaves but the Christians who own them from becoming enlightened through religion. Clearly, Immanual Kant a...

existence. Thus, he sees himself as something more than a victim. He simply has a less desirable fate than some of his peers. Yet,...

eighteenth centuries was the formulation of the additions to the doctrine of the apostles in modern times (Marty, 1959). The first...

the way in practice, in respect to the empowerment of individual citizens and the opening up of the process of government to great...

an exciting time in world history as well as in the United States. Some consider the Enlightenment to be a blanket term, defining ...

challenge to, the assertions of Jonathan Edwards. Ben Franklins autobiography is also characteristic of Enlightenment thought whi...

worthy. With the ideals of Enlightenment we are given a much more complex train of thought as one must also examine the good of a ...

some people spend their whole lives asserting that innate desire; it is this quest for improved social, economic, political and cu...

the text should fit the music, not the other way around. His opera, La Nozza de Figaro, while following the parameters of the comi...

on, when Russia was but a small eastern European principality, the desire for cultural advancement was not of paramount importance...

Indeed, it seems that within the context of philosophy, there is a wrestling with religious thought, because it is from the rejec...

In a paper of fifteen pages an examination of European history includes the Middle Ages, Baroque period, and The Enlightenment in ...

a very different civil war, which ended in liberty. It was this event alone that may be seen as most significant by Voltaire. He...

and war, which he portrays as contrary to all reason. In the eighteenth century, war was presented to the ordinary citizens as an ...

workers actions. If he performed for himself, the worker would not feel alienated by his efforts. According to Marx, a great deal ...

in Modern Thought points to two cataclysmic moments in history that were responsible for altering the contemporary perceptions of ...

the society has been "dumbed down." It does seem true that the masses rarely think for themselves. They vote by sound bite and for...

freedom of speech as well as to be able to use reason publicly in all matters without fear of retribution, is very important. It i...

ruled by others, even those who do not have their best interests at heart (Kant, 1970). Essentially, he contends that this situat...

the intrusion of evil in the form of the Counts illicit desires for Susanna (Till 141). This loss of innocence, which is equated w...

from one epoch to another. The title symbolized customs of the past, but it could also be adapted to whatever future social or ec...

is he doesnt necessarily find much of anything on the final journey. Though he finally adapts himself back to humanity following h...

science fiction, the reality is that the problem of labeling and drugging children in the world is growing. Of course, Freud wrote...

civil and criminal courts, all lawsuits were treated as civil suits (Long). The victim prosecuted the case rather than any legal r...

frightening lack of individuality. This is also exemplified in society today. Was he correct? Is the world turning the people into...

life, whereas before there was no tolerance of any other culture or lifestyle other than that of the Euro-centric Christian model....

twenty-first century women have today. The matriarch after all has played a very different role in society over the past centuries...