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    In the later years of the Enlightenment‚ absolute monarchs in several European countries adopted some of the ideas of Enlightenment political philosophers. However‚ although some changes and reforms were implemented‚ most of these rulers did not essentially alter absolutist rule. In Russia‚ Empress Catherine the Great‚ a subscriber to the ideas of Beccaria and de Gouges‚ denounced torture while greatly improving education‚ health care‚ and women’s rights‚ as well as clarifying the rights of the

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    21 Professor Nelson The enlightenment was crucial in the shaping of the United States. The enlightenment is responsible for shaping the United States in its formative years. Famous articles of history such as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were directly affected from the ideas of the Enlightenment. Concepts such as freedom from oppression‚ natural rights‚ and new ways of thinking about governmental structure came straight from Enlightenment philosophers such as Locke and

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    ANALYSIS OF IMMANUEL KANT’S “WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT?”    POSTED BY BILL ON 07.11.11 0 COMMENTS Immanuel Kant In December 1783 Johann Friedrich Zöllner published an article in Berlinische Monatsschrift that stated his opposition to civil marriage‚ an idea proposed in a previous issue of the journal.  Zöllner wrote that the foundations of morality had been shaken in the name of enlightenment and concluded his piece with the question “what is enlightenment?” Zöllner asserted that this question

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    Enlightenment The Age of Enlightenment was an astonishing movement of philosophers in the 18th century who shared and opposed each other’s ideas‚ reasons‚ questions‚ and concerns about several different beliefs such as religious tolerance‚ deism (God)‚ government‚ society‚ and knowledge. The goal of all Enlightenment thinkers was social reform. Some of the philosophers mentioned in the following paragraphs had similar ideas to one another‚ yet others had completely different thoughts on those same

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    World Literature The Enlightenment’s Impact on the Modern World The Enlightenment‚ Age of Reason‚ began in the late 17th and 18th century. This was a period in Europe and America when mankind was emerging from centuries of ignorance into a new age enlightened by reason‚ science‚ and respect for humanity. This period promoted scientific thought‚ skeptics‚ and intellectual interchange: dismissing superstition‚ intolerance‚ and for some‚ religion. Western Europe‚ Germany‚ France‚ and Great Britain

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    History The Enlightenment: 1700-1789 Chapter Overview European politics‚ philosophy‚ science and communications were radically reoriented during the course of the "long 18th century" as part of a movement referred to by its participants as the Age of Reason‚ or simply the Enlightenment. Enlightenment thinkers in Britain‚ in France and throughout Europe questioned traditional authority and embraced the notion that humanity could be improved through rational change. The Enlightenment produced numerous

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    further innovation. Even the Church initially encouraged such investigations‚ out of the belief that studying the world was a form of piety and constituted an admiration of God’s work. The enlightenment took a major role in the development and construction of modern Europe. During the enlightenment‚ many inventions were created‚ new philosophical ideas were being discussed in massive forums by massive crowds‚ and now by the average citizen instead of scholars and philosophers. Many revolutions

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    democracy rose in Europe. This idea makes appear a literary and artistic movement known as Romanticism that refers to the philosophy prevalent during the first third of the 19th century. This movement rejects the logic and reason inherent to the Enlightenment. The Romantics encouraged spontaneous and emotional responses to explore and describe the immeasurable aspects of the nature and people’s relationship to it. They valued imagination over reason‚ emotion over logic and heart than head. In this

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    John Locke and Isaac Newton were the major intellectual forerunners of the Enlightenment. Print culture was a culture in which books‚ journals‚ newspapers‚ and pamphlets had achieved a status of their own. The Enlightenment flourished in this. The most influential philosophe was Voltaire. He wrote Letters on the English. The book praised the virtues of the English‚ especially their religious liberty‚ and criticized the abuses of French society. Voltaire said Muhammad and Islam represented simply

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    Frankenstein and Blade Runner imaginatively portray individuals who challenge the established values of their time thus illustrating different notions of humanity. The messages of composers are a reflection upon the established values of their time. Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein and Scott’s 1982 film noir Blade Runner‚ through the perceptive use of characters‚ challenge society’s neglect of nature for the unheeded advance of science and technology. Fearful of an increasingly secular and consumerist

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