Age of Enlightenment

The French Revolution was not necessary. The French Revolution was a time of death, civil war, lies, and false accusations. There were no great accomplishments and no incredible ideas came out of this time – just useless death and uncalled for punishment. The French did not gain anything from the Revolution and if it never happened, many lives would’ve been spared. The French Revolution began as a simple way for the people to get back at the royalty who had been neglecting them and were…

French philosopher Albert Camus was born on November 7, 1913 in Mondovi, Algeria. He, along with Jean Paul Sartre, is often attributed as being a major proponent of the theory of absurdism and existentialism. Despite being a major advocate for existentialism, Camus also believed in the necessity of values, such as truth and justice, and their need to be defended. Beginning in early childhood into progressing until his adolescent years, Camus experienced sporadic tuberculosis attacks that often…

Elizabeth Aston Mrs. Hoover American Literature (4) 04 November 2017 Title of Your Report Transcendentalism is a philosophical movement that took place during the 1830s. It stressed the ideas of instinct and spirituality over scientific thinking. Cheryl Strayed is an example of a modern day transcendentalist. She is an author, whose most well known for her book Wild. Wild is the story of how she coped with her mother's death. Strayed was devastated and as a result her marriage failed and…

Immanuel Kant, and his Critique of Pure Reason (1781/1787) sparked a new movement among many European philosophers, known as the age of German Idealism. Names such as Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel are all in the realm of German Idealism, each bringing their own ideas to complete the system of philosophy itself, and specifically destroy, defend, or further develop the concept of human rationalism. There is an agglomeration of world-renowned philosophers in the era of German Idealism, but this…

aspect of society, including a change in the political landscape of many countries. Radical ideas led to new nations being formed and incite the people to revolt against the constructs of the government. These innovative thoughts helped usher in a new age of industrialism that shaped the world in a positive manner . The British forces were at war with France, it was known as the 7 years war. Britain defeated France , but Britain was left with a huge amount of debt, due in part to parliament…

Celeste Hannay Dr. Knudson ENGL-109-08 October, 3 2017 Les Miserable: A Historical Masterpiece Les Miserable, the captivating, well known story which was transposed into a brilliant film by Tom Hooper in 2012 portrays a true sense of life during the revolution. Aimed towards history gurus and middle-aged adults, this article gives a good description of what the movie entails. Set in early nineteenth century France, this film is based on God’s prevalent grace in Jean Valjean’s life while he…

E. E. Evans Prichard was a British social Anthropologist that was known for relating Moral Philosophy and Religion systematically with Social Behavior. He was distinctly Humanist, associating with the ideas of structural-functionalism and cultural translation.“The Notion of Witchcraft Explains Unfortunate Events” In this article Evans-Pritchard is breaking down the Azande’s philosophy on Witchcraft. This is so he can understand the rationality that is behind such a philosophy even though these…

What revolves the world, what makes the world work or light up. Language, Language is what powers up the world, just like a light bulb, that powers up your home. Both James Baldwin, author of If Black English isn't a Language, Then Tell me what Is? Then adding to my list is Sherman Alexie author of Superman and Me. They both emphasize that language could allow or disembowel any person in our twisted world. With their point of views are different from each other, about how they were raised and…

The Enlightenment lacked spontaneity and it was rather a result of the few individuals who viewed society through a lens that was not exclusively related to Christian teachings and greatly contributed to the development of reason. There a wide variety of philosophes who contributed to the debates on liberty; however, the French philosopher, Voltaire (née François Marie Arouet, 1694-1778), is among the most influential of the philosophes. As a member of the Moderate Enlightenment, Voltaire…

America is often considered the land of dreams and possibilities. Along with this optimism, visceral existential concerns have also surfaced in the spiritual topography of America. Even though this philosophy of existentialism emerged in Europe, “America already had heirs to a rich tradition of thinkers- who had wrestled with the problems of existence and the contingency of the world long before Satre and his colleagues.”(Cotkin). This philosophy has impacted not only the American literary scene…