The idea of liberty received its greatest impetus and universal appeal from Christianity, which breathed life into it by revealing its connection with the providence of God. ... Professor Timothy Fuller focuses on the writings of Thomas Hobbes. ... Jefferson temporarily employed Rousseau's idea that the absence of constancy in man's history reveals liberty as a matter of development rather than a principled right. ...
John Locke – Life Sketch Locke is the greatest figure in the history of political thought. ... He was educated in his own family circle for around fourteen years of his life. ... Locke recounted his early career to his patroness who was known as 'Lady Masham'. ... This association with the brilliant Shaftesbury was good enough to influence Locke's life. ... It stimulated by the intellectual life of the Dutch, he made time to complete his studies. ...
American Foreign Policy / POLS 4690 A paper submitted to Dr. Galatas of the History and Political Science Department at Georgia South Western State University The Era of Good Feelings: An Era of Idealism or Realism? The Era of Good Feelings was the national mood of the United States from 1815 to 1825, as first described by the Boston Columbian Centinel on July 12, 1817. The "era" generally is considered coextensive with President James Monroe's two terms (1817-25), it really began in 1815, when for the first time American citizens could afford to pay less attention to Europ...
