Monday, October 17, 2005

22.5] Proclamations, Pierre Toussant L'Ouverture

Comment on the significance of this proclamation.

22.4] Women's March on Versailles

Comment on the role of women in the French Revolution. What were their views of social change?

22.3] Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

Compare this text to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration. How do they differ?

22.2] What is the Third Estate?, Abbe Sieyes

Comment on this major document of the French Revolution.

22.1] American Declaration of Independence

Comment on the philosophy of this document. What sources of knowledge influenced the author (Thomas Jefferson) to produce this text?

Monday, October 10, 2005

21.4] Ashkenazi Jews of Poland, Solomon Maimon

Comment on this excerpt.

21.3] Marriage of Figaro, Beaumarchais

Comment on the play in relation to the life of the working class.

21.2] Of the Club, Richard Steele

Comment on Steele's thoughts about women.

21.1] Clarissa, Samuel Johnson

Comment on the excerpt from Johnson's novel. Use the accompanying questions to guide you through.

20.4] Gulliver's Travels: Why States Go To War, Jonathan Swift

Whys do states go to war, according to Swift?. Is this true in today's world? Why?

2.3] The Spirit of the Laws, Baron de Montesquieu

Comment on this major work of the Enlightment Period.

20.1] Memoirs, Catherine the Great

Based on the accompanying questions, comment on the selections from the memoirs.

Monday, October 03, 2005

19.5] On Toleration, Voltaire

Comment on Voltaire's idea of religious faith and toleration.

18.3] Letters on the Existence of God, Isaac Newton

Comment on Newton's idea of God.

18.2] Condemnation and recantation of Galileo

Comment on this issue of philosophical significance.

18.1] Copernican Theory

Comment on this early revolution in scientific thinking.

19.4] Mercantilism, Adam Smith

Comment on Smith's idea of human nature and economics

19.3] The 'Encyclopedie', Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

Commnet on Alembert's work.

19.2] On Sovereignty, Jean Jacques Rousseau

Comment on Rousseau's idea of general will.

19.1] Some Thoughts Concerning Education, John Locke

Comment on John Locke's idea of education, and education.