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Introduction to Enlightenment Philosophy
The revolution in thought that shaped the modern world.
Enlightenment Philosophy
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The Rationalists
One of the two major schools of Enlightenment thought, deriving truth from reason.
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The Empiricists
The other major school of Enlightenment thought, deriving truth from experience.
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Enlightenment and Religion
The complex relationship between Enlightenment thought and religion.
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Enlightenment and Political Philosophy
How political thought was shaped by the theories of the Enlightenment.
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Social Contract Theory
The dominant political idea of the Enlightenment.
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Natural Law Theory
The rationalization of legal structures.
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Enlightenment Ethics
How the Enlightenment shaped ethics.
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Enlightenment Aesthetics
How the Enlightenment shaped aesthetics.
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Science and the Enlightenment
The complex relationship between the Enlightenment and science.