... to place Christian ideals, or otherwise moralize the characters and their actions. Within the time of Beowulf there existed a heroic code, which placed its values upon strength, courage and loyalty. All judgments, both moral and those concerning warfare were based upon the edicts of this code. This code, however, at many times opposes the values of medieval Christianity. The code emphasizes the ... his youth: As God's beacon brightened the east,/I spied a cape across calming seas/a wall to windward. So I was spared,/for fate often favors an unmarked man/ if he keeps his courage (505-509...

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... what a Christian Philosophy of Science is. The message of Enlightenment intellectuals was not one of relying on faith or traditions of the past, but rather, solely in human reason. " "Have courage to use your own reason - that is the motto of Enlightenment," Kant wrote in 1784" (XI). These intellectuals taught that science and technology were the means to Understanding, and that ... of ruling by divine right, but rather, that government was a voluntary act, in which individuals gave up some freedoms in order protect society and keep order. Government did not dictate moral or spiritual t...

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