Specifically, Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Immanuel Kant's What is Enlightenment?... Adam Smith's "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" was the first of these three works, having been written in 1759. ... followed Adam Smith's "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" when it was published in 1784. ... Kant's argument is similar to the theory of Adam Smith in the sense that both philosophers feel a decrease in authoritative restrictions is key to the intellect and enlightenment of society. ... As is similar in the arguments of Adam Smith and Immanuel Kant, Wollston...

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The Enlightenment philosophers had a belief in the rights of humankind, they fought for what they believed in and in a way influenced our freedom and rights today. These four Enlightenment philosophers had different ideas, like the equality for women, freedom of religion, freedom from economics, a...

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In this paper I will, first, summarize the key values of the Enlightenment, as found in the Portable Enlightenment Reader. Second, I will explain why and on what basis the German romantic Johann Georg Hamann loathed modern science and the bold claims of the Enlightenment. In closing, I will attemp...

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Several eminent figures in history from philosopher Immanuel Kant to economist Adam Smith to biologist/naturalists Charles Darwin and Thomas Huxley credit David Hume as being the central influence in their writings. ...

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