What effects did enlightenment philosophers have on government and society? How did Enlightenment ideas influence the end of serfdom? How did enlightened despots contribute to the Enlightenment? How did the Enlightenment cause the Revolutions of 1848?
How did Ferguson riots start? How did the American Revolution lead to the French Revolution? How did Shays' Rebellion help advance Madison's reformation ideas? How did the Quebec Act affect the American Revolution? How was the French Revolution of 1848 really two revolutions?
While these cornerstones of the prevailing metanarrative may have had significant relevance for leveraging opportunities and advancing quality of life in the past, they are no longer consistent with our knowledge of the state of the planet, the goals of sustainable well-being societies, or our surv...
After a slide into the “trough of disillusionment,” AI tools will ascend the “slope of enlightenment.” They’ll eventually crest to what Gartner calls a plateau of productivity. Depending on the application, Gartner guesses most AI applications will plateau in two to 10 years. ...
His message, thought to be original at that time, is an original message that did belong to him: “The kingdom of heaven is within and I am both the son of man and the son of God. As the son of man I am fragile, I am tempted, I am afraid, I am insecure, but as the son ...
Kim Chestney Is The Founder Of The Global Holistic Center, Mystic Studios, And Its Marketplace, The Enlightenment Shoppe. “The time has come for humanity to move beyond the limits of linear thinking and embrace our natural, innate connection with higher awareness. Tapping into our ‘inner geniu...
The film brings a lighter, more comedic flavor to its cerebral material, embodied delightfully by Abdul-Mateen II's Morpheus; the brightly dressed, lively leader of the rebellion enthusiastically aids Neo to re-enlightenment. Resurrections also spends a significant amount of time addressing the ...
That it was never going to be strong enough to rule unless the West suddenly decided to help it. (Which did later happen elsewhere in Asia, but only during the Cold War when the West feared that the whole of Asia might go over to their foes.) The Kuomintang also didn’t do anything...
We do well to watch for cognitive-moral revolutions, and not simply assume that Materialism Rules, every time. In 1600 English society, or at any rate the people who ran it, scorned the bourgeoisie and its market considerations as much as Russia did in 1988. Henry V in the play scorns ...
The theory of limited government can be traced back to the Enlightenment philosophers of the 17th century, but the idea itself is much older. It is also associated with the free market and classical liberalism, though politicians and economists differ on the exact limitations that a government sho...