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all of the figures included, with the exception of the two children. There is a little boy sitting on the Madonnas lap and another...

to petition the government for a redress of grievances" ("First Amendment")). The idea of the separation of church and state was i...

of his own life; and consequently, of doing anything which, in his own judgement and reason, he shall conceive to be the aptest me...

and poor urban workers" and this coalition of the middle class and poor "gave the revolution its driving force" (Schmiechen, 1999)...

the Age of Enlightenment was formed, at its core, by "Empiricism and a rationalistic doctrine of natural rights... they also held ...

not believe that we should be without kings, but that their power should be limited, "That Kings are not superiors to, but adminis...

them to this necessity. Wollstonecraft attacks each one of Rousseaus principles, showing them to be illogical, inconsistent and ul...

wherein people began to argue that logical and scientific thinking were the answer to lifes questions. It was a form of thought th...

discourse that I find confusing. Philosophy has often struck me as an amorphous subject. Its slippery and refuses to be categoriz...

Declaration, Gouges (1791) writes: " Woman is born free and remains equal to man in rights. Social distinctions can be based only ...

the chance to break free from such constraints. The global society was ready for a tremendous change in direction following the t...

come forth, but in France, the people just rocked the boat and lasting change would only come about through time. Yes, the extraor...

exaggeration. Voltaire (1947) is in fact sarcastic and while the author is indirect in the way in which he writes, it seems that t...

nature. De Gouges (2003) looks at the same natural world and challenges Enlightenment philosophers to give her an example in natur...

It seems ludicrous to picture a womans toilette as dangerous, yet the humor, in part, derives from the fact that men of this era a...

it from a cavalry captain," etc. (Voltaire, 1995, p. 9). This "genealogy," also subtly parodies the numerous "beget" clauses of t...

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

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 ...

the flow of information. Prior to the effects of the printing press, it was relatively easy for the Church to suppress books and w...

speeches in his position of Secretary of the Paris Academy of Sciences, in which he did a great deal to enhance both the cultural ...

light that does not deceive us" (Whelan, 2002, p. 1). This "natural light," in his estimation enables human beings to arrive at "...

like the male philosophers of the day. She was the exception. While by and large, the people saw women as having a subservient pla...

Enlightenment must be researched as well. Finally, the literature from the age of Enlightenment by women in support of feminism sh...

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...

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...

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 ...