Who were our country's first bankers? Who was the personality who introduced the concept of 'Bureaucracy' in 1922? Who were some of the Enlightenment thinkers that contributed to the French revolution? Who wrote the Wealth of Nations where he explained the invisible hand?
What Enlightenment thinkers influenced the Declaration of Independence? Who was allowed to sign the Mayflower Compact? Who was not allowed to sign the Mayflower Compact? Who wrote the Maryland Declaration of Rights? According to the Declaration of Independence, who has taken away the rights of ...
Her work aims to situate the thought of these thinkers as a conversation an extension of Hellenistic philosophies such as Stoicism and Epicureanism around the themes of Pierre Hadot’s conception of philosophy as a practice of self-cultivation, as well as, a naturalistic approach to ethics imparte...
Who Was John Locke? John Locke was a leading philosopher and political theorist. His ideas helped lay the foundation for both the Enlightenment and the birth of liberalism in the 17th century. Locke is credited with bringing a scientist’s eye to the field of philosophy, using empirical evidenc...
EnlightenmentGodMaximilien Robespierrereligiontheophilanthropywatchmaker deityThe deists have commonly been characterized as irreligious thinkers who believed in a distant and inactive deity. This characterization of deism is undermined by the large number of French Revolutionary deists who believed that God ...
His writings influenced Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American revolutionaries. His contributions to classical republicanism and liberal theory are reflected in the United States Declaration of Independence.Locke's theory of mind is often cited ...
Søren Kierkegaard was a Christian author who was against applying the ideas of the Scientific Enlightenment to Christianity. He lived in Denmark from 1813 to 1855. His works were written to the single individual who might be interested in reading them. He was against Christian nationalism. ...
is split between individuals who have identified with the interests of a global oligarchy turning into a technocratic neo-feudal caste and an increasingly large stratum of people who instinctively feel they have been deprived of a future drawing on the legacy of humanism and the Enlightenment. ...
Mentions of European Enlightenment thinkers pervades the pamphlets and opposition thought, especially Locke, was “devoured by the colonists” (43). The key concepts of much American thought were relatively commonplace, but their application was uniquely American. Chapter Three: Power and Liberty ...
Edward Everett Hale: Edward Everett Hale's intellectual development was greatly influenced by the emotionalism of the Great Awakening and the Romantic Era. Hale, like others in his intellectual circle, focused on human feelings and intuition rather than just reason as Enlightenment thinkers had focused...