Treatise

As Locke did in his Treatises, the Declaration attributes the Rights (and also the laws of nature, which are brought up explicitly in the introduction to the Declaration) of Man to the all-powerful divine creator.1 The line, “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” is lifted…

English philosopher John Locke may be the most prominent philosopher after Plato. His philosophies are exceptional and he justified many documents and ideas. John Locke began his philosophical influence when An Essay Concerning Human Understanding was published in 1690. Locke’s emphasis on the mind as a blank slate, tabula rasa, and on the centrality of liberty were large contributions to the Enlightenment and are the biggest influence that he left on our world today. Locke’s ideas and writings…

George Berkeley, A treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge In this essay I will be discussing a few sections from George Berkeley, A treatise concerning the Principle of human knowledge. I will explain the arguments being set out by Berkeley within the text, then I will proceed to make an objection of my own, which I will respond to on behalf of Berkeley. George Berkeley starts off introducing us to his theory “to be is to be perceived”. Within the first few paragraphs of the…

HEMA is the single thing that i want to do the most. I have spent hours searching for it on the internet and have found that there is not a club within an hour of Suwanee. I was devastated until i joined the fencing team while it is not much like HEMA, it will tide me over until i can leave suwanee and find one. HEMA stands for historical european martial arts, it is sword fighting of all types. Drastically different from the movies it is one of the most misunderstood and little practiced…

in terms of expression of ideas, preservation of cultures and change of these ideas over a period of time. In general, it is closely related to intellectual history. This article is purely a summary of the analysis and critique of Locke’s second Treatise of government about property ownership. According to Filmer’s theory of patriarchalism, that suggests that; only absolute monarch descended from Adam, have the right to property. This is because he is the only being that God gave total dominion…

each section explains the: examination of belief that witchcraft exists, actions and rituals performed, process of how the accused of witchcraft should be with dealt in the judicial prosecution. The Malleus Maleficarum shares a misogynistic view of treatise, taking sources from classical philosophers and Canon Episcopi. Being used as a judicial book of trial, it may have given ideas to the people around Europe that the perception of women should be as how they are described in the Malleus…

What was the historical significance of the political work of Hobbes? Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was an English philosopher and political writer, best known for his book “Leviathan” (1651), in which he set out his political views on society and how governments should conduct themselves. Hobbes was writing at a very important point in history: England was going through the turmoil of civil war and this was a major influence on Hobbes’ political work. Also, Hobbes was writing just before the…

Matthew 19:24 in The Bible Education  Humanist treatises (books) emphasize the importance of having knowledge about everything and using it correctly. Humanist schools spread across Europe and became the basic education of the upper and middle-class people  What subjects/skills did the humanists teach…

Equality is a term that is referred to as an end goal in present day society, the lofty promise of political candidates in the election and the appealing word plastered on many posters around college campuses. It is an aspirational objective that describes an optimistic future, where people are treated the same and own similar amounts of possessions. French political philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, would share these sentiments as he holds the belief that inequality that arose due to the…

that the economy is constantly revitalized” (Heilbroner, 265). He said that the national income is the biggest indicator of how wealthy a nation is, and the income of a nation is determined by its flow via people buying and selling goods. Also, in A Treatise on Money Keynes disproved the see-saw theory, which stated that when savings goes up, investment goes down and vice versa. The see-saw theory was invalid because it didn’t have an explanation for prolonged depressions such as the Great…