The Enlightenment marked the rise of "reason" as its leaders advocated free, rational thinking and pursuit of knowledge. Although the idea behind Enlightenment allowed for great progress in social and scientific matters, some believed that Enlightenment thinkers were still not getting at the essence of what it meant to be self-conscious and rational individuals. ... They wanted individuals with one important quality: self-certainty from rational deduction; someone who confidently thinks himself right based on reason. ... One might expect him to discuss why humans are more capable of ...

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People of the time were searching for a rational approach to creating a better society for themselves due to the political and economic changes that were occurring at a rapid rate across Europe. ... Locke saw humans as good, rational, social, cooperative, and tolerant. ... He became famous for his wit and satire, attacks against the Catholic Church, desire for a reformed monarchy, advocation for freedom of religion and expression, as well as separation of church and state. ... Bentham believed that society could teach individuals to be rational by giving them an ideal environment to learn prop...

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Taking a course in philosophy is like taking a journey to a foreign land. Lets start by defining the word orient. Orient means to so as to face the East, to place in a definite direction to the points of the compass or other fixed or known directions. In the following paragraphs I will discuss the m...

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Taking a course in philosophy is like taking a journey to a foreign land. Lets start by defining the word orient. Orient means to so as to face the East, to place in a definite direction to the points of the compass or other fixed or known directions. In the following paragraphs I will discuss the m...

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