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7 08, 2017

Damaris Masham – European philosophy

By |2019-12-06T05:17:14-08:00August 7th, 2017|Modern Europe, Philosophy|Comments Off on Damaris Masham – European philosophy

Damaris Masham's house, Oates, in England Why did Masham become a philosopher? Damaris Masham's dad was a philosopher, and when she grew up her boyfriend, John Locke, was also a philosopher. [...]

6 08, 2017

Simone de Beauvoir – European philosophy

By |2019-05-02T07:07:21-07:00August 6th, 2017|Modern Europe, Philosophy|Comments Off on Simone de Beauvoir – European philosophy

Simone de Beauvoir was a philosopher Simone de Beauvoir's childhood Simone de Beauvoir's family lost most of their money after World War I. But by the early 1900s, even struggling families [...]

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

Albigensians – Cathars – Crusade

By |2019-01-21T10:25:15-08:00August 4th, 2017|Medieval, Religion|Comments Off on Albigensians – Cathars – Crusade

Albigensians were also called Cathars This story starts about 1050 AD, not long after the Capetians took power in northern France. Some Christian people in the south of France began to think differently about God from the [...]

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