Why did some Enlightenment thinkers despise democracy?
Nov 17, 2020 · The wikipedia page on the Enlightenment has this interesting quote: The leaders of the Enlightenment were not especially democratic, as they more often look to absolute monarchs as the …
User PGeerkens - History Stack Exchange
Q&A for historians and history buffs A physicist and software developer by training, and a professional developer by employment, I wrote my first computer program in FORTRAN w/ WATFOR in high …
philosophy - Were there prominent secular philosophers in the …
It seems to me that secular thought started to come to the fore-front again during the late early-modern period, toward the enlightenment, but, if it ever existed during the middle ages it was mostly hidden …
How many U.S. Founding Fathers knew about Baruch Spinoza?
Mar 3, 2016 · Spinoza's:. Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) lived at the end of the Protestant Reformation (1517 – 1648) and was a foundational influence on the European Age of Enlightenment (1685-1815). …
Why didn't the USA want the Confederacy to secede?
Mar 13, 2026 · At the time there really wasn't any other nation of comparable scope attempting to organize itself as a Republic, based on the new Enlightenment ideas from thinkers like Milton and …
Newest 'signature' Questions - History Stack Exchange
Apr 7, 2026 · Q&A for historians and history buffs It appears to end with "Nbg" for Nuremburg, so I'm not sure if that follows the artist's signature or just follows a place name. The full painting is: I realize this …
What were the reasons for the Renaissance / scientific revolution in ...
Aug 29, 2016 · Furthermore, the Church had an iron grip on society for nearly a millenium, surpressing any attempts of enlightenment throughout the ages. It also had become a cumbersome apparatus of …
Was the secession of the Confederate states illegal?
Putting aside their reasons for wanting to do so and all the emotional responses they would provoke, was the secession of states from the Union to eventually form the Confederacy an illegal act in ...
france - What are the intellectual roots of the "French Republican ...
Mar 11, 2023 · Partly anticipated by the thinkers of the Enlightenment and then completed according to the situation, a process of revolutionary acculturation is put in place that transforms the subject into a …
Were Puritans Prudes or Progressive? - History Stack Exchange
Catholics can likely trace their celibacy arguments back to Augustine, while Victorians were strongly influenced by the Enlightenment as the articles in the question mentioned. For their time Puritans …