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The Enlightenment: Rousseau & Kant
Liberty Leading the PeopleKant’s definition of EnlightenmentThe person who has the courage to use his or her own understanding without the guidance of another, is the enlightened person according to...
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Historical Progress According to Rousseau and Flaubert
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Darwin and Nietzsche On Our Persistent Past
Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882)This paper will compare Darwins view of the ‘persistent effects of the past’ with Friedrich Nietzsche’s view on this matter. Firstly, the similarities between Darwin...
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Art as a Palliative Measure According to Freud and Nietzsche
Portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche by Edvard Munch 1906 IntroductionThis essay will illustrate how Freud’s views on art and aesthetics compare with Nietzsche’s views on this matter. By going through some...
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Emersonian and Nietzschean Self-Reliance
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Butler and Bechdel on Vulnerability and Homosexuality
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Approach to Ordinary Life in Wittgenstein and Woolf
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