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Answering where everything in the world comes from, including human beings, is a perplexing question that has been thought about for centuries. Today, there are two answers to this question; one is founded in religion, and another in science. Scientists have developed the theory of Evolution to answer how all species come into being, and the theory of the Big Bang to answer how the universe itself came into being. The theory of Evolution came from Charles Darwin and other biologists. It states…

life”. The question arises, what type of life brings us the greatest meaning? Many philosophers and thinkers have tried to answer this, and have composed strikingly different conceptions. Some of the most notable thinkers are Friedrich Nietzsche and Thomas Hobbes. Both try to provide the most accurate representation of the human being. Through understanding the human person, we are able to formulate a description of the good life. Friedrich Nietzsche defines us as a human being through the…

Alexander Hamilton was a very important man. He was one of the founding fathers of our nation. Alexander was born in Charleston, Saint Kitts on January 11, 1755. His parents were Rachel Fawcett Lavien, and James Hamilton. His mother was abused by her first husband. She had than ran away and moved in with James Hamilton. They then had another son named James, which was Alexander’s older brother. James Hamilton had left his family a few years after Alexander was born. This left Rachel all by…

and his disagreement of a combined religious and governmental power attacked the Catholic Church. Through his many writings, he wrote of his stance regarding many issues at hand and assisted in spreading ideas more freely during the Enlightenment. Thomas Hobbes and his work, Leviathan, greatly supported monarchs of the time, suggesting that it was the ideal government system. In this work, he supports enlightened absolutism, strengthening the central absolutest administration at the cost of…

Golding’s Lord of the Flies (LoF) follows a group of young schoolboys left alone on an island to show that when man is stripped bare, only uncontrollable savagery remains. Also, no form of government can control the way men truly are. Philosopher Thomas Hobbes shows a similar theory about the nature of mankind in Leviathan as savage and without morals; however, he advocates for an absolute monarchy, believing that men can be controlled if they willingly give up their power. Other philosophers,…

Democratic-Republicans included Samuel Adams, Elbridge Jerry, Patrick Henry, George Mason, Richard Henry Lee, George Clinton, Mercy Otis Warren, and James Lincoln. Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton headed the Federalists, while Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson headed the Democratic-Republicans. These two disagreed with one another on almost everything. For…

Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. He was the first general Postmaster of the United States as well as the first diplomat to France and England and greatly increased America’s relationship with these countries. Both Machiavelli, the Italian politician who wrote The Prince, and Sun Tzu, the Chinese war philosopher who wrote The Art of War, write about what it means to be a good leader. Although, Benjamin Franklin was a great leader he could have…

of Africans in America. Morgan on the American Fear of Debt and Impoverishment In The Challenge of the Revolution, Morgan examines closely the relationship between the foundation of American slavery and white American fear of debt. He begins with Thomas Jefferson, an influential figure in the founding of the United States and their third President. Jefferson, himself both an eloquent supporter of freedom and a slave owner, embodied the paradox of American slavery in a nation allegedly founded…

path that he followed. His original career was being a lawyer in NY. Eventually he got his first major job in politics, which was being a Senator, a position he was elected to in 1791. He increased his importance when he became the Vice President of Thomas Jefferson in 1800. Although, he did not fill this position during Jefferson’s second term, because of issues between the two. So, within a year or so of being replaced, Burr turned to a secessionist scheme, which he had been planning for a…

Man may attempt to exert influence over politics, but he is only able to do so through the sphere in which he understands them to exist. Knowledge then directly controls the practice and concept of politics. The relationship between politics and knowledge as understood by Machiavelli and Hobbes differs according to their interpretations of human nature, fear, and individualism, which consequently affects the way they view and approach political systems. Regarding the nature of man, Machiavelli…