The Thinker

Salutary Neglect may have been the foundation of rising animosities between Great Britain and the colonies. However because of political thinkers, the Articles of confederation and the Constitution of the United States show the progress of Radical Whig ideology, the set of beliefs that caused tensions to increase between the colonists and Great Britain. Many political thinkers during the late 1700’s were inspired by Radical Whig ideology. Patrick Henry was an American politician and Governor…

Netherlands. While there he return to his writing, spending a great deal of time re-working the Letter on Toleration. Locke held the title “Father of Liberalism” for his influences on Voltaire, Rousseau, American Revolutionists and other Enlightenment thinkers. His political theory on the nature of the state being characterized by reason and tolerance” created a huge impact on the Declaration of Independance. Most of Locke’s work was done to edit and improve his editorials such as the Essay…

Americans should take the blame. But a certain group called “Deists” opposed of this idea; majority were Enlightenment thinkers. They believed that God has finished doing his job and now humans must do theirs. The Enlightenment helped create the conditions for the American Revolution by teaching Americans, especially the elite class, to “Question Authority” and influence North American Thinkers, most importantly, John…

What does it mean to own something? Many would say it is having an object to call yours and only yours. Some of the greatest thinkers in the world would say otherwise. Plato said that owning things is detrimental to ones character. Aristotle said it would help to develop ones character. One twenty-first century thinker, Jean-Paul, said ownership extends beyond objects and intangible goods. Jean-Paul, Plato, and Aristotle, all great philosophers, and all have different views on owning objects, I…

Important rights and changes require good knowledge and bright intelligence. In the 17th and 18th century thinkers or philosophers found new ways to understand and improve their society from where they lived in england. These philosophers shared a belief that nature is an excellent teacher. The main idea of the philosophers was individual freedom of government, religion, and women’s education. John Locke argued that individual freedom was necessary to good government. “ There [is] nothing more…

encompass the true meaning of the Enlightenment, a movement based on improvement. From the writers we read in class, Franklin to me was the most straightforward thinker. Perhaps that has to do with his style of thinking, a logical more scientific approach. He thought like a scientist, not a philosopher as some other Enlightenment thinkers may…

learning styles and learning theories. Each and every student may have a different way of absorbing information. Bopp and Smith (2011) highlighted field-dependent, field-independent, concrete perceivers, abstract perceivers, left-brain thinkers, and right-brain thinkers. They also discussed Behaviorist, Cognitivists, Constructivists, and Humanists learning theories. I liked how they noted that instructional methods must be varied depending on factors such as subject taught, students, class size,…

Immanuel Kant, getting rid of one’s self-imposed immaturity, along with freedom, is the key to achieving enlightenment. Voltaire believed the enlightenment was inevitable, but stressed the importance of religious acceptance. Comparatively, the two thinkers offer similar points in regardance to their individual thoughts, but differ in whether or not the enlightenment is actually inevitable. Kant begins his response to the question, “what is enlightenment?”, by writing, “Enlightenment is man’s…

This is when Greece reached the heights in almost every area of human learning and the great thinkers and artists flourished. Plato’s intense thinking into average topics helped expand the mindset of many philosophers to come. Many of the art pieces seen during this time period emphasized the artist’s interests on depicting human emotion, beauty…

The French Revolution of 1789 was a period of immense change for the people of France. Uprisings of different proportions began throughout the country, sparking conflict and continuing the revolution. This significant event in history was triggered for several reasons. The three most important causes of the French Revolution were due to unfair taxation amongst the third estate, inspiration from the American Revolution, and the ideas of the Enlightenment. The first reason for the start of the…