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    Common Sense Summary Paper “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine was a very important document at the start of the American Revolution. Paine’s 48 page pamphlet was published on January 10th‚ 1776 and explained why the thirteen colonies should break off from England. In the first section‚ Paine explains that as society begins to flourish‚ a government is more necessary to prevent the “natural evil” he saw in man. The second section of this document points out that all men are equal and that the idea that

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    Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and John Locke (1632-1704) greatly disagreed on many key issues of their day; issues such as human nature‚ political authority‚ and the right of people to rebel. Hobbes studied before the Enlightenment‚ whereas that influenced John Locke’s views immensely. Hobbes’s ideas are also derived from his pessimistic view of human nature. He viewed people as selfish and greedy. To the contrary‚ Locke viewed people as good and intelligent. Hobbes often described people as selfish

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    A utopian community would be a world without oppression‚ discrimination or social hierarchy—essentially‚ an ideal place to live. However‚ does a perfect society really exist? In Sir Thomas More’s Utopia‚ More flirts with the concept of a utopian community with regard to geography‚ city structure‚ labor‚ government and religion. Considering these aspects‚ the community depicted in Utopia is primarily a success‚ with limited failures. In Book II of Utopia‚ Raphael Hythloday‚ a traveler who visited

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    In The Leviathan‚ Thomas Hobbes uses a scientific method to analyze humankind. Additionally‚ he examines natural law‚ the social and political contracts. The natural condition results in war through desire‚ but we are able to escape this through seeking peace. By using the social contract‚ humans can become peaceful. By using reason‚ Hobbes is able to explain the human condition according to him. According to Hobbes‚ the natural condition of humanity results in war for one main reason - desire. The

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    In the Rights of Man‚ Thomas Paine portrays America as an ideal nation during the late 1700s. His characterization of the American government is correct in the sense that democracy in America does give citizens their basic rights and the ability to protect them. However‚ Paine’s view of a democracy is flawed. On many occasions‚ the government has failed to protect these basic human rights‚ thus disproving that it is entirely “just.” As America is becoming more culturally diverse‚ society is becoming

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    Hardy wrote ‘During Wind and Rain’ after the death of his first wife‚ Emma. Here‚ the poem provides various scenes that portray various seasonal activities done by possibly Emma and her family that spread over a number of years. However‚ the poem does contain examples of reversal; each stanza consisting of joyful images for the first five lines and the last two lines end with images relating to death that serves as a reminder that time will inevitably rob even our most cherished memories. The

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    As a result of their ideas on the role of government in public and private lives‚ Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were two of the most influential Founding Fathers. Perhaps their greatest influence was in regard to religion and the separation of church and state. To this day‚ their writings are influential to how we perceive the role of government in religious matters. Two of the leading writings from Jefferson and Madison are the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom and the Memorial and Remonstrance

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    aving written the Constitution and having been elected the third President‚ Thomas Jefferson cemented his place in United States history as a brilliant and passionate statesman. Even though Jefferson was passionate about Science‚ he became a lawyer and was a representative in the Virginia House of Burgess. Throughout his early political career‚ Jefferson argued for American self-governance and eventual independence. He was one of the most important figures in liberal and enlightenment thinking

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    Summary: Thomas Aquinas brought forth the belief of reliance to God through looking at natural law. To begin‚ relation to practical reason distinguishes the Law of Nature‚ which is self-known. Aquinas states that anything self-known is known either in itself or in relation to us‚ mainly focusing on the portion of known in itself. Those things known in itself are known when its ending belongs to the intelligible meaning of the subject. Although‚ sometimes‚ those ignorant to the subject do not see

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    In his book The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson‚ Daniel J. Boorstin attempted to “recapture the Jeffersonian world of ideas” by reconstructing the writings of the Jeffersonian from the American Philosophy Society. He attempted to show the relationship between the different Jeffersonian conceptions‚ starting with God and ending with society. Furthermore‚ Boorstin’s attempted to bring coherency to the Jeffersonian tradition in order to save it from the “vagueness which has enveloped much of liberal

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