Question by Jung Prada G: Since early man’s physiology and modern day man’s physiology are nearly the same, is history the difference?
Early man had less history to live off of; modern day school children learn more in one day of class than that which is learned in early man’s life time.

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…I know psychologist/philosopher Steve Pinker argued AGAINST it in lay terms in “The Blank State” positing that genetics attribute to the change and adaptation of behavior (which I plan on reading soon); it’s just that, is it true that history (or experience–MTheory is the bomb, he answered a similar question with most of this insight–) trumps the belief of a blank state, all the way down to the genetic level?
*’does’ having history make the difference between early man (and the lack of recorded/communicated history between the evolution of apes to man) and modern man (in that we have an accumulation of recorded history today more than anyone else in the past have ever had)

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Answer by M T
Exactly what you are asking is unclear.

Just from your short summary it has to be some of both and not exclusively one or the other.

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Question by Tony: Modern History Questions Help, Multiple Choice!!!?
1. Which of the following was favored by most of the philosophers?
a. Divine right monarchy
b. Absolute monarchy
c. Papal authority
d. Enlightened monarchy

2. Galileo and the other philosophers were alike in
a. making new scientific experiments
b. devoting their lives to collecting and publishing information
c. being social outcasts
d. holding beliefs that disagreed with the churches teachings

3. Rosseau differed from other Enlightenment thinkers in that he
a. valued education
b. admired the english system of government
c. believed that people should be directly responsible for making laws
d. supported absolute monarchy

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Answer by James
c, b, d

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Question by : Modern world history question 2.?
Compare the major ideas of philosophers and their effects on the democratic revolutions in England, The US, France, and Lain America. (Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau)

Can anyone answer this please? Or summarize this for me?
Please and thank you.

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Answer by I try my best
Locke really didn’t have much of an effect on revolutions in England because he was writing at a time during and after the English Revolution but his ideas on Social Contracts and Government commented on the best form of government. He did have an effect on Montesquieu who became inspired by Locke’s liberal ideas.

Montesquieu however had a larger impact on US history. Although having no influence on the Revolution in America he’s works, The Spirit of Law, had a massive influence on the founding fathers and the constitution. His works argued for a separation of powers into three to prevent Tyranny; the Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary (you see this in the President, Congress and Supreme Court). This was different at the time as many European states had totalitarian Monarchs who had control of all three powers.

Now im not too good on Rousseau’s effects on revolutions but i do know he had a big one on the French but im unclear as to why and also the US revolution. I know that his works revolved around the idea that a state should be governed by everyone in the GENERAL WILL of the people.

Rousseau and Locke agreed in general on the State of Nature and the basic nature of Man.

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Question by : Modern world history hw help?
In the republic plato writes “until philosophers are kings, or the kings or princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one , and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from ther evils, no, nor the human race.” Explain this qoute. (10 points)

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Answer by Iris
Philosophy is a power of thought and thinking. What is philosophy? It comes from the derivatives to mean love of wisdom. Philosophers follow the concept of understanding the reality, the world view and to live a life in a just way.
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I took the passage out of forstberg.edu, it explains better than I do.

“Until now crucial decisions concerning war, peace, and the welfare of society had always been left to corrupt or incompetent politicians, ignorant voters, over-ambitious generals, and other people unsuited to run a state. Bloodshed, hatred, waste of resources, and deplorable conditions had usually been the result. There is no chance for things to become better unless knowledge and reason are put in command—the best knowledge and the most competent reason that society can muster. Lovers of wisdom may not be eager to govern, as their main passions are more intellectual pursuits. But since they are the best trained and best informed minds, they must be obligated by law to run the state—as a sort of committee of technocrats. “Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, … cities will never have rest from their evils,” as Plato suggests in the Republic. (3)”

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Question by ♠MC.Sniper: question about Greece in world history?
1. How was the treatment of peasants and foreigners relate to the progression of government?

2. How did Greek culture develop?

3. How did the Greek culture influence the modern world?

4.How did Greek philosophers affect the modern world?

these are the 4 question about greece plz help me. i’ll give you highest point if you do all this questions.
its about ancient greece

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Answer by kid_california_7
Sounds to me like someone does not want to do their homework. All those question require essay answers.

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Question by Janhoi: augustine of hippo……….how influential was he to western history?
Ive been reading his works confession and city of god, and i must say that he is a pretty good writer, and i heard he wrote at least 40 books during his life time. Ive taken the time to try and look up stuff on him and apparently he developed the concepts of original sin and the just war theory in the church

He seems to have influenced the development of the catholic church a lot, and the reformers Martin Luther and John Calvin quoted him when making their cases. Even modern philosophers seemed to be impressed by him. Agnostic philosopher Bertrand Russel, when commenting on his work Confession said it was “a very admirable relativistic theory of time. … It contains a better and clearer statement than Kant’s of the subjective theory of time – a theory which, since Kant, has been widely accepted among philosophers”.Edmund Husserl, founder of phenomenology states “The analysis of time-consciousness is an age-old crux of descriptive psychology and theory of knowledge. The first thinker to be deeply sensitive to the immense difficulties to be found here was Augustine, who laboured almost to despair over this problem”. Even marxist philosopher Jean Paul Satre seems to have viewed Augustine as pretty influential

So in the development of Western history, how influential do you think Augustine is

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Answer by Michaelangelo
St Augustine’s writings have always been the classics of well known universities like Harvard, Oxford, etc.

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Question by Janhoi: augustine of hippo……….how influential was he to western history?
Ive been reading his works confession and city of god, and i must say that he is a pretty good writer, and i heard he wrote at least 40 books during his life time. Ive taken the time to try and look up stuff on him and apparently he developed the concepts of original sin and the just war theory in the church

He seems to have influenced the development of the catholic church a lot, and the reformers Martin Luther and John Calvin quoted him when making their cases. Even modern philosophers seemed to be impressed by him. Agnostic philosopher Bertrand Russel, when commenting on his work Confession said it was “a very admirable relativistic theory of time. … It contains a better and clearer statement than Kant’s of the subjective theory of time – a theory which, since Kant, has been widely accepted among philosophers”.Edmund Husserl, founder of phenomenology states “The analysis of time-consciousness is an age-old crux of descriptive psychology and theory of knowledge. The first thinker to be deeply sensitive to the immense difficulties to be found here was Augustine, who laboured almost to despair over this problem”. Even marxist philosopher Jean Paul Satre seems to have viewed Augustine as pretty influential

So in the development of Western history, how influential do you think Augustine is

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Answer by Michaelangelo
St Augustine’s writings have always been the classics of well known universities like Harvard, Oxford, etc.

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Question by xoMonixox: What are a few interesting historical figures i could use for my history project?
we have to have a history project and pick someone of a historical value from the 1600 – modern day. i have very little ideas. especially because of the restraints of only 400 years. it has to be either a ruler, and inventor, philosopher, and there is one more i cannot remember. but they have had to leave an impact on history im pretty sure. any ideas?

i know of the founding fathers, pocahontas, hitler….but i dont really want to do either of those. any other good, interesting ideas?

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Answer by Danie
Do a project on someone who benefited the female specie.Somebody like Phylis wheatley.(spellcheck) She was the first black female poet.She paved the way for women in general.A lot of people do not know about her.Google her and good luck! Get an A+

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Question by D.K.: Are there any famous gay people in history?
Besides modern day gay people, such as celebrities/actors, are there any famous gay scientists, philosophers, army generals, kings/queens, etc. throughout history? I’m just curious, because I rarely/never hear about them, if they existed.

I’m thinking that there were some, but they were probably likely to be killed/arrested if they were open about it, so they kept it quiet.

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Answer by A furry
Wasn’t Ernst Hemingway a homosexual?

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Question by Barb: How did education change in history from being family based?
Many years ago education used to be the responsibility of the family — parents, grandparents, etc. etc. In 1746 a man, Jean Jacques Rousseau, abandoned his new-born baby on the steps of an orphanage. He did the same thing in the coming years with four more children. They could have all died in the cold! This man, Rousseau, became a famous “education” philosopher that influenced modern day public schools.

The snow-ball effect of abandoning children to the care of others has diminished the role of the family in many areas.

God bless home-schoolers for trying to bring back to the family a nuturing and caring relationship through education and life choices!

http://kevinswanson.com/Articles/ReversingRousseau/Index.html

It’s all in the world-view of the thinker…
Bible history pre-dates Plato, Socrates, and it also defines the Greeks, the Athenians, etc.

Mose, Abraham, Solomon and hundreds before, in-between and after.

My world view starts with the evidence of creation by God.
The very first school in known history would be the home-education of Adam’s family.

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Answer by aristotle1776
I don’t know what you are talking about, the idea of taking the family out of the picture when schooling the young has been around since pre-history.

The Greeks used to make it mandatory (the Athenians and Spartans) for their children to actually leave home for years to be educated before returning to their families. Those societies produced some of the most intelligent human beings ever to live.

If anything the family has an adverse effect on objective education, especially considering the interference that parents may present when pressuring teachers and staff to ‘favor’ their children over others.

You’re living in a false reality if you think ‘family nurturing and life choices’ can substitute for independent thought and critical analysis without parent interference.

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