Throughout history, the world's great thinkers and philosophers have attempted to define the most efficient and effective way to obtain knowledge. As mankind has progressed into a more civilized society, these philosophers have debated the way man should live his life in order to obtain the highest level of intellect and subsequent happiness. Specifically, Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Immanuel Kant's What is Enlightenment?... Immanuel Kant's "What is Enlightenment?" ... Kant's argument is similar to the theory of Adam Smith in the sense that both philo...

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The Greek philosopher Plato depicts the unclear relationship between physical and ideal beauty through the analogy of madness. ... In From Phaedrus written by Plato, the philosopher has not succumbed to madness but is instead misunderstood by the unenlightened. ... The profound drive the lover has acquired in order to progress his moral and rational quests to achieve enlightenment that is attainable only through witnessing ideal beauty is unable to be comprehended. ... If the lover is conscious enough to choose his own love, then madness is not a factor in determining what the philosopher e...

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During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Scientific Revolution, which was the development of new sciences and technology, and The Age of Enlightenment, which was the so called "age of reason", had sparked women's participation in sciences. ... (Document 9) The Scientific Revolution and The Age of Enlightenment paved the brink of women's success in science. ... The "age of reason" helped women progress their studies because philosophers such as Rene Descartes helped them conduct experiments in an efficient way for studying by providing the Discourse on Method (1637). ...

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During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Scientific Revolution, which was the development of new sciences and technology, and The Age of Enlightenment, which was the so called "age of reason", had sparked women's participation in sciences. ... (Document 9) The Scientific Revolution and The Age of Enlightenment paved the brink of women's success in science. ... The "age of reason" helped women progress their studies because philosophers such as Rene Descartes helped them conduct experiments in an efficient way for studying by providing the Discourse on Method (1637). ...

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In the 17th century, philosophers René Descartes and John Locke challenged the idea of knowledge and its origin. ... Locke asserts that innate ideas, if they do exist, must be universally agreed upon and known to the mind without any enlightenment or "activation....

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Allegory of the Cave and The Truman Show Plato's Allegory of the Cave is a story of how the soul moves toward enlightenment. ... When the prisoners realize this they are, in Plato's eyes, a true philosopher. ...

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We know more about the universe and our own physical world than the ancient philosophers could have imagined. We have gone through periods of enlightenment that has resulted in a society that prides itself on freedom and liberty. ...

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