debatable. To reform the century and change it religion must be flexible. The church spokesmen and Cambridge Platonists were encouraged morals rather than Dogma. Christian liberals tried to update Christianity by allowing the ideas of Enlightenment. Now it is the age of reason. They tried to tell people that God is great‚ harmonist and he does not exist only for punishment but is also forgiving. They also affirmed that religious is about charity‚ it is exists to help people. Bigotry was not required;
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John Locke‚ a philosopher of the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment‚ greatly influenced the American revolution and the French revolution. His beliefs were the social contract‚ natural rights‚ and the right of revolution. One of John Locke’s beliefs was the social contract. A social contract can be either a written or unwritten agreement between a government and its people. Social contracts usually contain a basic set of laws and agreements explaining how the country should be run. Examples
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events in the history of the world. The American Revolution started in 1775 and ended in 1783. The French revolution started 1789 and ended 1799. The American Revolution and the French Revolution were both caused by unfair taxation and by the Enlightenment ideas‚ but the American Revolution only wanted a small change in society and unlike the French revolution they wanted their whole society to change. The American and French Revolution were both caused by unfair taxation. The American Revolution
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Historical Writings The struggle to find truth in telling the stories of history has been a source of constant debate amongst historians and intellectuals. With the emergence of religious rejection during the seventeenth and eighteenth century Enlightenment‚ the influence and undoubted supremacy of the heroic model of science provided historians with new ways for obtaining truth—absolute truths—through the dispassionate eyes of a “heroic” observer. Although this remains unchallenged for many generations
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Capability and dictatorship is used to govern these “subjects” lives‚ they were never allowed in the involvement of politics. Until the enlightenment in the eighteenth century‚ this was when the people of France started to see that change was essential. The French revolution transformed “subjects” into “citizens” by increasing literacy and the start of enlightenment that would give people the power and understanding that they are able to make a change to the French social order and switch it from democracy
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ideology began to take hold of Europe. It was during this time that a radical and critical revolution took place to bring about the use of rational thought and enlighten the people about their own beliefs and values; thus igniting the period of Enlightenment. In this period many people followed the teachings of their forefathers‚ such as Socrates‚ who was considered a figure of skepticism and rational thought. Challenging all views and theorems was the main point of this new ideology. Voltaire‚ a very
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such which would then pave the way for a greater revolution‚ the "Revolution of the Proletariate". We must consider the truth of this claim. THE AGE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT Before we deal with the French Revolution‚ it is first necessary to consider the century of so which preceded it‚ commonly called "The Age of the Enlightenment". The"Little Ice Age" (which started in the 14th century) disappeared towards the middle of the 17th century‚ taking with it the accompanying madness. Europe at last came
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The development of revolutionary ideas was very important to the French revolution because it shaped and encouraged the overthrow of the ancient regime. The main revolutionary ideas that inspired the movement were the enlightenment‚ social‚ political and finical crisis. The enlightenment was driven by new ways of thinking and the bourgeoisies’ motivation to change society. The social crisis was caused by the unfair class system‚ which then lead to the dependence on the third estate to pay taxes which
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documents: logic / reason‚ symmetry / balance‚ and lucidity / clarity. Each document of this historical period was influenced by the Neoclassical characteristics which were considered significant in the rhetorical and compositional expression of that age. So‚ too‚ did each of the writers’ documents present a unique study about the author’s intentions for his creating his work. In Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense‚ the author’s idea of personal equality‚
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but absolute and dictatorial rulers. However‚ during the period of Enlightenment and of the French Revolution‚ non-maleficent ideas‚ created by Locke‚ Montesquieu‚ Voltaire‚ and other Enlightenment Philosophes‚ were spread throughout the European population. They stated the opposition to absolute monarchies as well as a new main focus on people’s innate rights and freedoms. Many leaders after this period of Enlightenment preached its ideas‚ while others simply used them to gain power. Simon
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