HIST 1C Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: European Potato Failure, Giuseppe Mazzini, Writing Center
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Know french revolution, 1830, 1848 (hungry forties) Tuesdays 9-10 2149 b= 10-12 2165 writing center. Belongs to the enlightenment in respect to crime and punishment. He argued for least severe punishment that will still make the crime a deferent to the offender and a deferent to others. First prominent thinker against the death penalty setting the new precedent for criminal law. The third estate leaves the estates general. Incorporated all three estates : clergy, nobles, everybody else. Wrote treateise of government and essay of understanding. Tabula rosa: all human beings are blank slates (no sin,no wicked hearts) Can be good if we can get good education (similar to mary wollowsworth) Influences founding fathers of the us and the french revolution enlightened thinkers. People with unrestrained freedom will infringe on others freedom. Supported french revolution but critical because the declaration on rights of men did not include women. Education"s problem was it was framing females to be ideal domestic wives.
