Category: Enlightenment

Table of Contents Introduction The key features of the Age of Enlightenment Adam Smith: The Father of political economy and philosopher Smith versus mercantilism The concept of self-interest The role of government Attitude towards education and religion Conclusion Reference List Introduction The course of human history has been determined by the natural changes that occurred…

The 18th century entered the history of culture as the age of the Enlightenment. Recent scientific advances, especially the discoveries of J. Newton and J. Locke, prompted philosophers, scientists, and writers to reconsider the former picture of the world radically. The eighteenth century radically changed European thought and brought significant changes in Americas spiritual, intellectual,…

Table of Contents Introduction Writings on Womens Rights During the Enlightenment Period The Status of Women During the Victorian Period Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Women occupied different statuses during the Enlightenment age and the Victorian era. Although the Enlightenment age preceded the Victorian age, women made major strides to increase their role in the former…

Table of Contents The Media Industry The Controversy of the Media Industry The Role of Media in Democracy The Peculiarities of Commercial Media References The Media Industry The morning of a modern person hardly begins with a shower or coffee. First of all, upon waking up, a lot of people pick up the phone and…

It is accepted to divide the epochs of the development of humanity and its spheres of activity into different periods. Therefore, this work aims to examine how the Enlightenment influenced the society of the eighteenth century and still finds echoes in the modern world. The figures who supported this movement criticized the traditional authority and…

Enlighteners were encyclopedically educated people. Many of them openly opposed the feudal state. Some even paid with imprisonment in the Bastille, they even emigrated to other areas of the country. But despite this, they did not stop their struggle with noble prejudices and the arbitrariness of the authorities. The Catholic Church was especially hated by…

The Enlightenment was a consequential movement that allowed some power to be taken away from the government and the church, and in return gave more power to the people. This movement resulted in the major influence of democracy and completely changed the way nations were governed. However, it took many new ideas and solutions to…

The thirteenth century Japanese Zen master, Dogen Zenji, had the advantage of looking back at eighteen centuries of the development of Buddhist though and practice. Dogen was well informed of earlier Chinese Zen developments, and his writings and teachings show that he was on intimidate terms with the great Zen teachers of the Chinese lineage.…

Enlightenment in English Society No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short  Thomas Hobbes 1588- 1679 The Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation, and the invention of the printing press all led to free-thinking,…

This midterm paper would tell about the thoughts of Thomas Hobbes, associate their context to modernity, why Thomas Hobbes thought can be considered modernity and to end of the paper, it would discuss the nature of modernity and how the thoughts of modernity affect such scholars; Thomas Hobbes. Who was Thomas Hobbes? According (Introduction to…