... more material on this subjects found, but I think that they don't contain any completely new information that would lead to a different picture. When I talk about the pre-Revolutionary time that means the time before the revolutionary act. In England that revolutionary act was the abdication of the king by the reinstalled parliament of Charles II in 1688, in America the Declaration of Independence in 1776, in France the declaration of the Third Estate to be the National Assembly ... , although it started the actual open conflict leading to the revolutions in America, France and Ireland. ...

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... declared a horizontal covenant between citizens, "by mutual covenants with one another."" John Locke was an Englishman who wrote down many of the 'fundamental rights' that were later listed in the Declaration of Independence. Locke's idea of a tabula rasa' (clean or blank slate) for the natural man was greatly influential in that it meant that man makes his own destiny. Locke wanted to combine natural law and ... . Friederich Nietzsche believed that society needed a complete overhaul. He was the first Nihilist, (derived from Latin word nihil, meaning nothing). This doctrine said that sin...

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... a logical and defined path. Philosophers and intellectuals at the time of the Enlightenment strived to discover the laws that rule this orderly universe. The movement was "marked by an emphasis on rationality rather than tradition, scientific inquiry instead of unquestioning religious dogma, and representative government in place of monarchy." (Outline, 1) Enlightenment thinkers viewed the universe as if a science experiment, relating questions with the scientific method formulated by previous men such as ... stay. (Cassara, 80-84) In 1776, compelled by the continuing contention with Br...

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... the opposite of Monarchy. In the United States the Declaration of Independence is a liberal idea. It state that all men are crated equal, have the rights to life, liberty and property. (The US Constitution p. 59) Declaring ones independence is an act of rebellion, which is self an act of one liberty. The US Constitution followed the Declaration of Independence in 1778, it was written by James Madison the "father of the Constitution". (The US Constitution p.6) The ... for who they wish, vote, and own land without the state taking it away without due process. (The US Constitution p. 49) The...

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... a logical and defined path. Philosophers and intellectuals at the time of the Enlightenment strived to discover the laws that rule this orderly universe. The movement was "marked by an emphasis on rationality rather than tradition, scientific inquiry instead of unquestioning religious dogma, and representative government in place of monarchy." (Outline, 1) Enlightenment thinkers viewed the universe as if a science experiment, relating questions with the scientific method formulated by previous men such as ... stay. (Cassara, 80-84) In 1776, compelled by the continuing contention with Br...

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