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    Ages finally gave way to a new movement that offered hope for a better life. There have always been great philosophers throughout history, dating back to the Ancient Greeks and Romans, but during the Enlightenment, some of the most influential voices including Voltaire, Condorcet, Baron de Montesquieu and John Locke literally changed the course of Western civilization. The Age of Enlightenment represented more than just a collection of thoughts, but formed the fundamental backbone of ideals and…

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    Warren Longi Jr. Professor Hoffman History Essay 11 October 2015 French Revolution In the course of time, humans have continuously overthrown their government because of its corruptions and excessive oppressions. The French revolution, one of the most important event in human history, paved the way for many other countries to the path for democracy. Although considered the most powerful country in Europe at the time of the revolution, France needed desperately to amend its policies and appease…

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    Revolution (16th to 18th century) and the Enlightenment period (17th to the 18th century), that one may consider as the foundations, not only the modern European thoughts, but also the way of functioning of the entire world. As Machio Keku, an American Theory physicist said, “Scientific revolutions, almost by definition, defy common sense”. Before the Scientific Revolution, the world was driven by stagnant thoughts of ancient Greek philosophers such as…

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    Age of Enlightenment lasted throughout the eighteenth-century, but the facts of and the debate about this monumental shift in public thought continues to be studied today. Many modern historians claim different interpretations of the Enlightenment, its actors, and its components. Writing from the perspective of the twentieth-century, Carl L. Becker ably describes the intellectual scene leading up to the Enlightenment in his book, The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth-Century Philosophers.…

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    United States of America was born in and of the Enlightenment. The American Revolution, our national documents, and our system of government were products of Enlightenment philosophy. No other nation`s history can be identified in the same way as much with the Enlightenment as ours. The Enlightenment, or Age of Reason, was a revolution in thinking that began in Europe in the 17th century. After centuries of political and religious oppression, philosophers were beginning to advance theories…

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    Ideas from English history and the Enlightenment influenced the foundation of American democracy. The Magna Carta, English Parliament, and English Bill of Rights became the foundation of the world's first modern democratic nation. Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau, and Baron de Montesquieu developed new ideas on natural rights and good government. English documents, and Enlightenment thinkers’ ideas paved the way toward the Declaration of Independence. Many…

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    Enlightenment philosophers and thinker try to apply science and rationality to politics. For instance, john lock an English medical doctor and philosopher, offered some principles for a constitutional government contract between ruled and ruler based on human ingenuity rather than divine power. This shift in political life was…

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    In contrast to the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment did not represent the expansion of new ideas for intellectuals only but humanity as a whole. While both periods of discovery sought to expand and develop new ideas about the world around us, the latter was centralized around the social sciences (rather than the natural sciences). Consequently, Enlightenment thinkers believed that the advancement of society lay in the hands of everyone. As a result, the common man could become an…

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    of speech.In the late 17th and 18th centuries, europe philoshers explored ideas on how to imporve the world socity. The enlightenment was about equal rights, the philosophers influenced the enlightenment in the 17th century were John Locke, adam Smith, Voltaire, and Mary Wollstonecraft. The philosophers had their own opinion about equal rights. The enlightenment philosophers in their articles they talked about what life would be like with freedom to government, religion, economics, and gender…

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    his fascination with the Roman empire, believing that it would glorify France and Napoleons rule in a new light [figure 1]. Neo-classism was articulated, rational and precise; highly favoured by the intellectuals of the Enlightenment movement. Both neo-classism and the enlightenment ideals played an important…

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