NATS 1760 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Antoine Lavoisier, Human Body, Natural Philosophy
9 May 2016
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Detail supporting arguments are the best way to explain things. Thesis is telling us what you think, but speculation is not wanted. Want imagination, hear what you believe with evidence. Intro shouldn"t be more than half a page. (short and right on point) Write based on the time which is presented in the text. Newton; wanted to see how he was a hybrid. He was an alchemist, wanted to connected his work to people in the biblical period. Enlightenment: an 18th century, intellectual movement in europe. A movement which stresses reason, rationality and science. For the study for nature and to study humans an society as well. An idea you get promotions in a job based on merits, on what you deserve. Here, arguments are made that positions are based on what you deserve and not on what you inherit. Idea of history as progress is what we inherit.
