HIS109Y1 Lecture : The Philosophers
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As cleaver as voltaire was, his satire was destructive, he did not offer anything in exchange, did not offer an alternative paradigm. Good at poking fun, but not good at providing solutions. Was engaged as a politician, but was self consciously rural, but is one of the brightest minds of the. Realized that the world needed fundamental changes and understood that he needed to offer alternatives. gave rise to political debate: spirit of the laws locke"s political treaties american constitution. social view of constitutional development rejected divine interference in human affairs, it only confuses the question. recognized that human beings have control over their lives and can change them. people have a context geography, climate, social practices, religious traditions, soil all have a driving effect on creating a mentality. molding men into a pattern forging a new person by making laws www. notesolution. com.
