In the Enlightenment period, there were different views concerning life and religion. ... Data were then recorded and analyzed to find a conclusion. ... Through reason, they were now going to think and act rationally and with the progress of science, humans can then live a life leading up to perfection. ... Many wars were fought, and many lives were lost. New religions sprung up here and there, but humanity had the freedom to think and establish themselves in a progressing world....

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There are inequalities between races and gender. ... He felt blacks were good people and had no reason to hate them. ... How would it be to live in a society which had no prior history? Creating a utopian society where there are no inequalities. ... If that is achieved then society might save itself from destruction. ...

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It influenced the American Revolution and then the French revolutions. ... Thomas Hobbes said, "If everyone gave up their rights to a strong ruler, that in return then would receive law and order."... They were mostly the members of the Borsuasie. ... Then the scientists review data and form a conclusion. ... There were many great thinkers of the Enlightenment, such as John Locke, Galileo, Voltaire, J.J. ...

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He says, "No, and I Wouldn't. ... "(pg177) Winthrop gives a since of that individuals need to listen to God or their going to ruin there reputation with God. ... They have to trust God's word that their life is going to be greater then they could even imagine. ... They were more focused on something that was concrete. ... When people are willing to lie to themselves then their willing to do anything. ...

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1) There are many external and internal threats made to the states. ... There are also threats made by other nation's armies. ... September 11th was also an internal threat because there people who flew the planes were taught how to fly here in the United States, and they lived here for many years. ... If equality isn't shown by a form of a government like in tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy, then the people really don't have a say in what is done. ... So there is no way that traditional conservatives would allow for same sex marriages to happen. ...

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He in encountered by two men who notice him by saying "Comrade, there's a well-built young man who's just the right height." They then ask Candide to dine with them but Candide says he has no money. ... Voltaire then says "It did him no good to maintain that man's will is free and that he wanted neither: he had to make a choice. ... It talks about "old men with wounds all over their bodies were watching the death of throes of butchered women who clutched their children to their bloody breasts." ... Voltaire hints to Candide making an error in not questioning Pangloss" autho...

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Some people started to feel and understand the idea of there being a God, which caused many to speculate against the church. ... For a man, we can observe only his place here on earth, and that has no comparison for God's infinite knowledge. ... The skills to reason and understand were the primary focus of the Enlightenment Period and were also noted as the Age of Reasoning. ... He wants us to look into these problems that were hidden away from a man. ... Pope illustrates this for the reader when he writes, "no Christians thirst for gold....

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Some of these philosophes included John Locke who's main philosophy was that there was no such government under the Divine Right of Kings theory, Voltaire who's primary focus was individual liberty and Cesare Beccaria who was mainly against capital punishment and identified new directions in the system of criminal law. ... However, his ideas were not greatly heard by the government. ... They were not given a second chance and people who carried out small crimes where put into prison for the rest of their lives. ... If they are not able to pay off the fine then they should be put in...

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Different experiences that people have cause them to have there own faith. ... The political ideas of the Whigs were also derived from Locke's views. No other philosopher had such a profound impact on European and American thought during the eighteenth century. ... Woman can raise a family just as much as a man can, so if a woman wants to fight in a war or go out and have a good job then so be it. ... And Rousseau talks about the majority vote, which is needed to impeach a president for example, so both of there political ideas were so in genius that we still use them almost everyday. ...

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However, of course, there are local issues that get raised time and time again that Orazietti will have to address. ... If the local economy is prominent, people have no reason to leave. ... He also ensures the city that there will be an exceptional facility with more than adequate room. ... Marie, then he should be in the picture as well, being a member of city council for the last six years (which is a very valid point). ... There are a couple main reasons for this. ...

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There are going to be a few jarring notes in every society, curious people and situations that defy the norms. ... The satirical cartoons, emblematic of democracy and free speech, were meant to enliven the text for students. ... What kind of an orchestra are we creating then, by subduing its voice? ... Under the guise of being open-minded, are we not then proving to be just a society of dissimulators? ... How then, under such circumstances, are we supposed to progress as a nation? ...

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Back then it was their brains that kept them alive. ... Modern women, however, are no longer as concerned about finding a husband because the female species have become more equal to the male species. ... Females were not equal to men in the old days. ... They are able to do so because of there being more education, therefore making every person more of an individual. ... All men in the 1870's did pretty much the same thing, they were still their own person but they were all in the same rough and hard environment. ...

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