They have also never produced any great philosophers. ... Shinto is a religion in which one follows the genuine impulses of the heart, there is neither a moral code nor philosophy in this religion. It is a religion that was birthed in the Jomon era. ... Due to the fact that Shinto does not have a moral code or philosophy, it makes this religion easily adaptable to many other facets of religion such as Buddhism or Confucianism. ... Zen Buddhism is a school of meditation, which teaches enlightenment, underlined by simplicity, austerity, discipline and loyalty to one's master. ...

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Question: "We are as real people, unfinished and full of blankness and jumble; only in our own illusioning fantasy are we complete." (Iris Murdoch). Discuss. Introduction Famous author Iris Murdoch wrote "We are as real people, unfinished and full of blankness and jumble; only in our own...

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So prolific is he that his eponymous theories, Marxism, are still being employed by sociologists, philosophers, and economists alike to this day. ... Raised in a post-Enlightenment household, Marx was heavily influenced by the revolutionary period in history. ... Published in 1848, this book features various theories that have been concluded by both Marx, and his close friend, the philosopher Friedrich Engels. ...

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In response to the new thinking that was sparked by the Enlightenment, Romanticism, the Industrial Revolution and other changes in society, bloody and peaceful revolutions took place all over Europe. ... This document showed the romantic views of French-Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as the Enlightenment's rationalism. ... A child of the Enlightenment and advanced in the ranks by the revolution, Napoleon strove to create a meritocracy, a domestic system based on skill and talent rather than artificial and inherited worth like the aristocracy. ... Before the French R...

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The most eloquent and influential male advocate of women's rights was the philosopher Condorcet. ... Condorcet maintained that those who voted against the rights of others, no matter their religion, color, or sex, should forfeit their own rights. ...

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