An argument made during that time period was that general knowledge was universally accepted. He counter argues that if knowledge and truth were universally accepted, then certain demographics such as children or "idiots" , as Locke calls them, would be reliable sources for knowledge and truth the...
What I learned that night (or, more precisely, what I began to work out at about 5 AM the next morning when my brain decided that it had spent enough time mulling over what Pocock had said and concluded that it was time to wake me up so that I could sketch out the implications of ...
Europeatthetime.Themovementwasa furtheranceoftheRenaissanceofthe15th& 16thcenturies. Purpose toenlightenthewholeworldwiththelightof modernphilosophicalandartisticideas. MainIdeas •Celebratedreason,equality,scienceandhuman being’sabilitytoperfectthemselvesandtheirsociety, ...
As stated above, those that practice the Zen school of Buddhism must look within themselves for enlightenment and thus must be self-disciplined; however, I intend to go into detail as to how inPure Land Buddhismone does not have to rely on themselves, rather, they need only to rely on th...
Before the Enlightenment period, the Church ruled everything. Church and State were linked together. Anything written or told had to be approved by the Church
The dominant literary theory of this period was “ Neoclassicism”. It was a reaction against the intricacy and occasional obscurity, boldness and the extravagance of European literature of the late Renaissance. Those writers were considered neoclassic because they modeled themselves on classical Greek ...
Through this, we can train in focusing on all sentient beings, who, throughout the course of beginningless time, have been dear to us and have even been our own parents. And, as we train in this way, even though we begin by focusing on just the members of our own family, we gradua...
The Enlightenment is a period of time that took place after the Renaissance in Europe and is classified by a resurgence of philosophy and political thought inspired by previous generations' re-discovery of Greco-Roman ideas. The Enlightenment led to the questioning of monarchy, religious freedom, ...
I believe our FFs were operating at a much higher level of consciousness than the norm for that time period. The idea of starting with some basic tenants that could not be overruled by anyone from a lower, or even a higher perspective was brilliant (no matter how you slice it). They we...
Heretofore confined to specific fields of activity, AI research now seeks to bring about a “generally intelligent” AI capable of executing tasks in multiple fields. A growing percentage of human activity will, within a measurable time period, be driven by AI algorithms. But these algorithms, be...