He founded many civic organizations, including the Library Company, Philadelphia's first fire department, and the University of Pennsylvania. As a scientist, he made significant contributions to the American Enlightenment and the history of physics, particularly in the area of electricity. He invented...
Individual contributors to classical liberalism and political liberalism are strongly associated with philosophers of the Enlightenment. Liberalism as a specifically named ideology begins in the late 18th century as a movement towards self-government and away from aristocracy. It included the ideas of self...
He is also known for trying to measure the distance from the earth to the sun based on the travels of Venus. Scientists of the Age of Enlightenment Anders Celsius (1701-1744) Nationality: Swedish Known for: Proposed the Celsius scale for temperatures Astronomer and professor who studied ...
The works of three of the major materialist philosophers of the French Enlightenment, Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709-1751), Paul-Henri d'Holbach (1723-1789), and Denis Diderot (1713-1784), are ideal for such analysis because each of them has a different perspective on equality and ...
François-Marie Arouet (French: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi aʁwɛ]; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his nom de plume Voltaire (; also US: , French: [vɔltɛːʁ]), was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his criticism ...
William of Ockham (1285-1347) The Renaissance produced philosophers such as: René Descartes (1596-1650) John Locke (1632-1704) Members of the Enlightenment and modern eras include: Adam Smith (1723-1790) Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) The time periods used in this...
THE CULTS & DECEIVERS APPEAR TO BE TEACHERS OF GOD DARKNESS DOES NOT UNDERSTAND; THEY DISTORT THE BIBLE & SAY THE DECEASED ARE IN HEAVEN WHEN THEY ACTUALLY ARE IN HELL GOSPEL & WHY DO PEOPLE REJECT GOD’S WORD. SOME WARNINGS & ADVICE FROM THE SCRIPTURES ...
Code Atreides –the House Atreides laws and codex of honor and conduct. Cogitor –one of several ancient philosophers whose brains were transplanted into fluid-filled canisters so that they could analyze the universe indefinitely. Coif –a close-fitting cap worn by the Bene Gesserit. Cold Air Wa...
Henri Lefebvre’s magnum opus: a monumental exploration of contemporary society.Henri Lefebvre’s three-volume Critique of Everyday Life is perhaps the richest, most prescient work by one of the twentieth century’s greatest philosophers. Written at the birth of post-war con...
The philosophers of the Enlightenment freed it of the historic wrappings of Christian eschatology and the notion of Providenc... U Bellagamba - 《Philosophy & Technology》 被引量: 2发表: 2016年 Bonaparte Falls Apart by Margery Cuyler (review) solution to their buddy's dilemma, but ...