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freedom of the will, a matter of the greatest importance for the analysis of human action and moral responsibility. Socrates is entirely inclined to "free will" rather than "determinism". Socrates had enough common sense to know that he cou...
Paradise Lost by John Milton (1608-1674) is the most important epic poem in English literature. Its 10,565 verses, divided into twelve books, like the Aeneid, one of its most transparent background, constitute a verbal Colossus, a convolute...
Catholic Church and resulting in the establishment of Protestant churches in several countries. In England and Wales, dissatisfaction with the pre-Reformation church facilitated the break with Rome, itself the outcome of the refusal of Pope...
Religion Protestantism, which now covers some 200 million believers, began as a movement of Christian groups that advocated the supreme authority of the Bible freely interpreted by individuals at a time when the Church of Rome required comp...
compare two articles: Thomas Paine: Common Sense Published anonymously by Thomas Paine in January of 1776, Common Sense was an instant best-seller, both in colonies and in Europe. It went through several editions in Philadelphia, and was re...
of England. Disgusted with the tainted modern religious practices, puritans tried to change that institution. They soon became frustrated with the lack of successful reform as English kings James I and Charles I persecuted them. The Puritan...
writer of late ancient time, Augustine has been an inspirational figure for Reformation, medieval, Counter-Reformation, and conservative political thought. Political figures as diverse as Martin Luther in the 15th century and Hannah Arendt...