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Comparative Analysis of the Concepts of Voltaire and Kant

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

Kant's 'Enlightenment' and Freedom of Speech

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...

Religion and Philosophical Concepts

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

Europe's Disenchantment Period

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

French Enlightenment and Deism

to have this freedom of religion; when ones religious practices are not allowed by choice but are instead dictated by an omnipoten...

Holistic Nursing Journal

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

Enlightenment Values in the Character of Phaedra in Euripides’ Hippolytus

what is bothering her, Phaedra seems to describe the Enlightenment philosophy in her observation: "We understand and recognize wha...

Hypocritical Title of the 'Scottish Enlightenment'

In 5 pages this paper argues that the so-called Scottish Enlightenment was neither Scottish nor particularly enlightened with Ferg...

An Article on Knowledge and the Gnostics

In seven pages this paper discusses the Gnostics and the enlightenment of knowledge it embraced. Nine sources are cited in the bi...

Reflections of Society in Eighteenth Century Art, Music, and Literature

This paper examines the ways in which Eighteenth Century society is reflected in the art, music, and literature of the period, kno...

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's 1779 Play Nathan the Wise

realizing that she is adopted and Christian. This conversation occurs as Nathan is trying to thank him for his actions toward his...

Buddhism's 8 Fold Path and Yoga

In five pages this paper examines Buddhism's 8 Fold Path in this consideration of yoga that analyzes Jack Kornfield's observation ...

The Plague and Its Effects on European Society

course, plague was known so the deaths were not completely unexpected, but the disease interrupted lives, and no one knew who woul...

The Healing Applications of the Hypnotic Technique

Hypnosis is sometimes regarded more as a parlor trick than as an effective approach to influencing human behavior and...

The Common Philosophies of the American and French Revolutions

Introduction The period of western civilization that we typically refer to as the Enlightenment spanned the...

Enlightenment Views of the Reason vs. Emotion in Phadra by Jean Racine

reason for his hasty departure - his forbidden love for Aricia, the lone surviving member of the royal family Theseus defeated. A...

Frederick II

and Frederick II never loved her or cared about her in the least. Frederick William I died at the end of May in 1740. At that tim...

"Around the World in Eighty Days" - Colonialism and Enlightenment

infuse his novel with educational motifs, reflecting the novels thematic notion that educational and scientific advancement are th...

Similarities and Differences Between the 17th Century Scientific Revolution and 18th Century Enlightenment

matter, "organic and inorganic alike," could be defined in terms of extension and motion (Burns, 1969, p. 567). Therefore, Descart...

America's Enlightenment and Pre Revolutionary War Periods

thought as Puritans came to America. Prior to the Revolution such ideals come through in writings by infamous Americans. For examp...

Juliette Chapter of Horkheimer and Adorno's Dialectic of Enlightenment

In five pages the author's arguments in the Juliette chapter are considered in this overview. There are no other sources listed....

Dialectic of Enlightenment Critique by Horkheimer

In seven pages the critique made by Horkheimer is examined in an overview that disputes one of his discourse components. There ar...

Industrial Revolution, The Enlightenment, and the French Revolution

An emphasis was placed on the concept of rationalism. Because of its very definition, the Enlightenment was a period of revolutio...

Enlightenment and the Literature of Voltaire, Moliere, and Jonathan Swift

In two pages this research paper discusses how the Age of Reason is reflected in Candide by Voltaire, Tartuffe by Moliere, and Gul...

The Enlightenment by Peter Gay

inherent in it; there was fighting between the two as well. Gay says: "The philosophes experience, I discovered, was a dialectical...

Romantic and Enlightenment Eras

In ten pages this paper considers these literary and philosophical movements in a discussion of such works as She Stoops to Conque...

Debates During the Eighteenth Century Age of Enlightenment

with the fall of man and the origin of sin was metaphorical rather than literal. Not surprisingly, such thinking was considered b...

Enlightenment Representation in the Writings of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift

In 5 pages this paper discusses how the 18th century state of mind is reflected in Alexander Pope's 'Essay on Criticism' and 'Essa...

Transitions During the Enlightenment Period

secular tone ("The Enlightenment," 2006). The eighteenth century would begin the Age of Reason where there was intellectual discov...

Hesse's "Siddhartha": Enlightenment through Pain

such as Buddhism, then it might well be said to be that attachment to the transient things of the world breeds discontent and suff...