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    influential ideas in history are found in the writings by the wisest of writers. Voltaire, along with other Enlightenment thinkers such as Montesquieu, were against several ideas brought on to society by the government. During 1740 to 1790, a philosophical movement, known as the Enlightenment, emphasized the use of reason, nature, progress, and individualism. Voltaire targets several Enlightenment tenet in his writings. Candide, one of his most famed works, tells the story of a young man by the…

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    were countless documents drafted that adapted political ideas from the Enlightenment to create a government that was fair for all of it citizens. The Enlightenment was a time where several new ways of thinking and exploring the world were being used in countries across Europe. People began to think objectively and used reasoning, rationalism, and empiricism to explore new ideas. New political thought processes from the Enlightenment were included in many of the documents written during the…

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    of France as a republic. The French Revolution was caused by social inequality, the Enlightenment Period , and the rise to the price of bread. To begin with, one of the societal causes of the French Revolution was the social inequality towards the peasants of France. Social inequality is the existence of unequal opportunities and rewards of different social classes within a group or society.…

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    Crime In The 19th Century

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    The early 19th century was a very influential time in European history, it was a time that everything was changing and people started to actually focus on science and ask questions. This was a time that people actually lifted their heads up and realized that the world around them may actually be a scarier place with this new technology and these new practices of science. This time period is a writers paradise, people were naturally weary of the new-ness of technology and of the industrialization…

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    Alexis De Tocqueville

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    Imagine a man so smart that he is able to clearly observe and analyze major enlightenments and downfalls of a new nation. Now, imagine a man so shy that he rarely talks to women. These two men are one in the same: Alexis De Tocqueville. Tocqueville was a well-respected writer, philosopher and overall scholar of the 19th century, but he never could quite figure out one very important piece of the democratic puzzle: women. He spoke highly of the American woman; however, he took diminutive time…

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    deity. This philosophical concept is still widely accepted today, especially among religious groups. Despite being part of the Enlightenment, Voltaire attacks the optimistic philosophy of Enlightenment thinkers in Candide. He does this by using symbolism, characterization, philosophy, themes, and hyperbole to develop a satirical piece that contradicts, not only, Enlightenment philosophy, but Leibniz`s philosophy more specifically. Symbolism is used in this novel as an indirect way for…

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    a nation should be governed. Many of these philosophers began moving towards a democracy, rather than the absolute monarchy they were under. Two of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers were John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Although John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau lived at different times during the Enlightenment period, Locke from 1632 to 1704 and Rousseau from 1712 to 1778, their thoughts on society and its political form are comparable. Both Locke and Rousseau believed that…

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    1. This poem is describing how many people felt during this period of time. Parts of the world such as Europe and The United States were looking to expand their might through means of imperialism. The title of the poem, White Man’s Burden, was used specifically because white men, at this time, thought they were superior and these “lesser countries” could not fend for themselves because they were nonwhite. One quote in the poem really helps drives this feeling of superiority into the reader,…

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    normally been accepted as fact. This 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…

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    in his life, health, liberty, or possessions." - John Locke. In the 1700’s, the cultural and intellectual capital was Paris, and many Enlightenment ideas spread out from there. Philosophers have impacted and influenced the world. Enlightenment philosophers such as Locke, Hobbes, and Voltaire were amongst of them. There were multitudes of changes from the Enlightenment like preferable process in science and society. As well as a secular focus and beliefs in the importance of an individual. Out of…

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