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7 08, 2017

Thomas Hobbes – European philosophy

By |2019-08-17T14:00:40-07:00August 7th, 2017|Modern Europe, Philosophy|Comments Off on Thomas Hobbes – European philosophy

Thomas Hobbes, a European philosopher When did Hobbes live? Thomas Hobbes (yes, he's the one that Calvin named his tiger after) lived in England, about fifty years after Calvin and about the same [...]

6 08, 2017

Margaret Cavendish – European Philosophy

By |2019-03-07T16:06:05-08:00August 6th, 2017|Modern Europe, Philosophy|Comments Off on Margaret Cavendish – European Philosophy

Margaret Cavendish Who was Margaret Cavendish? Margaret Cavendish was a little younger than Hobbes and Descartes, but she knew both men. She had many philosophical debates with them when they were all living [...]

6 08, 2017

Mary Astell – European philosophy

By |2020-01-09T19:25:12-08:00August 6th, 2017|Modern Europe, Philosophy|Comments Off on Mary Astell – European philosophy

Mary Astell Mary Astell's backstory Unlike the slightly older Masham, and most other Enlightenment philosophers, Mary Astell was not from a really rich family. Who was Damaris Masham? Enlightenment philosophers European philosophers [...]

4 08, 2017

Thirty Years’ War – Wars of religion

By |2018-04-08T11:14:17-07:00August 4th, 2017|History, Modern Europe|Comments Off on Thirty Years’ War – Wars of religion

Protestants throw Catholic officials out the window (Prague, 1618 AD) In the late 1500s AD, the Holy Roman Emperors were too weak to hold their empire together as one country. Instead, the [...]

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