Essays on Enlightenment

The 2020 presidential candidates have heavily impacted our history. One of the many historical events that affected American politics was the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment was a European cultural and philosophical movement that originated in England and spread throughout Europe like wildfire. The Enlightenment took place…

Kant’s “What is enlightenment” was written in 1784. In his essay, Kant basically replied to a question that was asked in 1783 by Reverand Johann Zollner. Reverand Johann Zollner was a government official who posed an open question to all about the removal of clergy…

Cultural and philosophical antecedents The human desire to acquire new capacities is as ancient as our species itself. We have always sought to expand the boundaries of our existence, be it socially, geographically, or mentally. There is a tendency in at least some individuals always…

French nobility had rather dynamic and wide shifting beliefs from the time leading up to the French Revolution till it had passed. These dynamic shifts in thought were caused largely by enlightenment which opened the eyes of some nobles to the realization that religion and…

The Age of Enlightenment was a period of intellectual development from the 17th to 18th century that sprouted many ideas about humanity and government, most of them surrounding reasoning, science, and equality. The French Revolution, which took place from 1789-1799, centered around many of these…

The period of Enlightenment was known as an intellectual movement where people emphasized reason, logic and individualism rather than tradition. European exploration influenced others to question and think differently. This sparked new theories and philosophes which helped to shape our world today. Two opposite views…

My grandmother always told me “With every action, there is always a consequence.” I was supposed to perceive it as a remand. But the older I got, the more I realize the painstaking truth that statement held. There were times where I couldn’t understand why…

The eighteenth century is characterized by radical change with respect to the economy, demography, religion, philosophy, and politics. As a result, America emerges as a more pluralistic society with evolving thought in religion, upheavals in politics, revolutionized European theory which influence and change the face…

Dillard’s mission at Pilgrim Creek was twofold: primarily, she desired to be immersed in nature and the environment that surrounds humanity, but she also wished to achieve her own personal and creative way of expressing her innate connection to the experience she had. For this…

”One can pass on knowledge but not wisdom. One can find wisdom, one can live it, one can be supported by it, one can work wonders with it, but one can not speak or teach it”. Everyone’s journey to enlightenment is unique and it can…