The central question of human existence is whether we have free will, impacting moral codes, legal systems, and life's ...

How much civics have you had?” I was asked by a skeptical adult, shortly after high school. I hesitated to answer. Civics? I ...

I’m going to call it the “Endarkenment” because it rises, like an accusing specter, out of the corpse of the fallen Enlightenment ... of education,” wrote that sturdy egalitarian Jean-Jacques Rousseau ...

They provide a comparative perspective on the forces that have shaped the modern world, to help students see the interconnectedness of different intellectual traditions and the relevance of historical ...

Influenced by the rationalist ideas and moral seriousness of such Enlightenment thinkers as Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and inspired by important archaeological discoveries that radically ...

Anja Steinbauer introduces the life and ideas of Immanuel Kant ... Another important influence was Jean-Jacques Rousseau, whose Emile fascinated Kant so much that he even gave up his daily walks for a ...

Let the light in. Five years after the Metropolitan Museum of Art set off on a major renovation of its galleries for European painting, the superprime real estate at the top of its grand staircase is ...

Programming as a deliberate act of considering who sets the forward momentum for the growth of composing came forward with ...

This simple parable of religious plurality with its colonial stereotypes reflects the scepticism of social structures and scientific thought as voiced by French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau ...