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6 08, 2017

René Descartes – European philosophy

By |2019-05-06T07:44:32-07:00August 6th, 2017|Modern Europe, Philosophy|Comments Off on René Descartes – European philosophy

René Descartes Who was Descartes? René Descartes was one of the earliest philosophers of the European Enlightenment, in the early 1600s AD. He was just 8 years younger than Hobbes. While Descartes [...]

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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