SCMA*1090- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 28 pages long!)
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Church and the state: christian god was believed to be above the feudal pyramid. Society" by agreeing t a rational social contact". Reason and rebellion: fifteenth century - conceptions of individuals and rationalism coexist symbiotically in religious, cultural and economic spheres, heralding the beginning of the modern era in. Europe: behind the walls of economic protectionism, european nations sought to develop strong national economies. Was to emerge in france: inspired by the legends of the revolution, these new revels lived in a considerably different atmosphere and time, influenced by romanticism. England : wollstonecraft married godwin, with whom she was living with, although they both disapproved of the institution of marriage, godwin"s religious beliefs were undermined by his study of the french philosophes, mary shelly wrote frankenstein. Nature": this transitional stage prepares the ground for the development of the third and highest state of knowledge, the scienti c or positive stage. Theology represented order, the older, universally dominant philosophy.
