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    Enlightenment Outline

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    1. Enlightenment Setting a. The Enlightenment is a combination of the Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution‚ marked with a sense of less spirituality and more secularism. i. Less spirituality‚ more secularism. ii. During this time‚ people questioned authority more than ever before. People wanted equality – or at least semi-equality – where the masses weren’t dirt-poor and the middle class totally unobtainable. iii. Not only were more people learned (thanks to the printing press in the Renaissance)

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    Keldrick Peoples October 21‚ 2013 Mrs. Stillwell ENC 1101 The negative effects of Social media such as Facebook Facebook is a social media that people use to stay connected‚ see what’s going on in the world‚ and express their feelings. The government even uses Facebook to stay in contact with its clients‚ keep them up-to-date with current news‚ and to keep them aware of what’s going on around them. Not everyone uses Facebook in a good way. Some people use Facebook to seek revenge on others

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    call a “splendid little war”. The Spanish American war is one of many significant wars in history. This war was one of the shorter and simpler wars that the United States flourished in. From the united states point of view this war had a few negative effects but also many small positive outcomes that made this war very significant. The total and utter destruction of Spain marked the point in history where they have lost all power over the Americas. It was also when the united states showed themselves

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    Constructions of reading/writing in the British literature of the Enlightenment and Romanticism Robinson Crusoe‚ which was written by Daniel Defoe‚ was published in 1719. At the time of its publish‚ a revolution was taking place all across Europe known as the Enlightenment period. The Enlightenment period was a time of conflict‚ suffering‚ and also a time of growth for society. This revolutionary time period gave birth to such terms as deism‚ rationalism‚ skepticism‚ and empiricism. The period

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    of EnlightenmentThe 18th Century Enlightenment: | What is the enlightenment? Well Immanuel Kant responded‚ "Dare to know." Those who advocated enlightenment were convinced that they were emerging from centuries of darkness and ignorance into a new age enlightened by reason‚ science‚ and humanity. Such thinkers were called philosophes in France. These philosophes would gather around in salons‚ which were discussion groups organized by women. The early Enlightenment was deeply rooted in the Scientific

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    Phaedra and Enlightenment values The Enlightenment period was began shortly after the Edict of Nantes in 1685 and lasted through the 18th century. This was an “intellectual movement” and the writers of this period disapproved of religion and politics ruled by absolutism. “ The movement would question almost every aspect of social and political life in Europe”(Hunt‚ 522). The writers and scholars that had enlightened views were those who believed that all people are able to apply reason or

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    Napoleon And The Enlightenment The enlightenment was a time of great learning throughout Europe during the eighteenth century. Although the period is significant for scientific and other scholastic advancements‚ it is most important because it allowed for the opening of great minds--such as that of Napoleon Bonaparte. Shortly after this enlightenment made its way through Europe‚ revolution and civil war ripped through France between 1879 and 1899. The unrest of the time called for a strong ruler

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    The Enlightenment is the era in Europe and America during the 1700s when mankind was developing from centuries of unawareness into a new age of progression by reason‚ science‚ and reverence for civilization. People of the Enlightenment were influenced by human reason‚ learned the natural laws of the universe‚ and defined the natural rights of mankind resulting in a growth in knowledge‚ official achievement‚ and moral values would be recognized. This new way of thinking led to the increase of a new

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    especially for men and women. A marriage would be occurred when a couple love each other enough; in the opposite way‚ when they could not be together anymore‚ they divorce. Divorcing impacts many sides and that includes difficulty for children‚ legal effects‚ and relationship changing. Firstly‚ divorcing makes difficulty for children. Children lack of warmness of family feeling if their parents get divorce. It is the fact that children need both of father and mother but they lose one of them‚ so it

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    much pressure‚ that maintaining beauty and youth becomes more important than anything else. Thus‚ creating a type of self-involvement. This leads to loss of perspective and ultimately‚ innocence. People of all ages and genders are susceptible to the effects of the media‚ and it influences everyone in different ways. It can make people sacrifice things that should be held dear‚ it can affects peoples physical and mental health‚ and it can change the face of materialism. In regards to innocence‚ children

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