Intellectual people are prominent in revolutions because of two reasons. First they are the people who claim to have the answer that will fix the problem at hand. Marx and Lenin were put at the head of the October revolution of 1917 in Russia because they were the ones with the ideas; the ones with the answers. Now the second reason is because these are the people who do things. While most Americans were unhappy about paying taxes they did very little. Along come people like Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson who sit around and decide for the masses what's going to happen. The intellectuals took charge and tried to fix the problem. It's because of these two facts that intellectuals go hand in hand with revolutions. Without the people like Benjamin Franklin the USA would still be throwing Tea into the harbor and tar and feathering poor British sailors…
It provided the intellectual spark for the American and French Revolutions
It provided the intellectual spark for the American and French Revolutions.
In the Renaissance there were many intellectual movements, one of the most prominent however, was humanism. There was also, though, civil humanism, and many more, those were just the two that were mostly acknowledged.
Linda Orr has written: 'Headless history' -- subject(s): French literature, Historiography, History, History and criticism, Influence, Intellectual life, Literature and history, Literature and revolutions
Judaism has not had "revolutions" since religions and ideologies cannot have revolutions.
The Revolutions was created in 2004.
The Enlightenment was influenced by various factors, including scientific discoveries, the rise of humanism and individualism, political revolutions like the American and French Revolutions, and the spread of ideas through print culture and salons. Philosophers like John Locke, Voltaire, and Montesquieu also played a key role in shaping the intellectual movement of the Enlightenment.
William Emerson was Ralph Waldo Emerson's father. He was a prominent minister and intellectual figure in Boston during the early 19th century.
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The intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievement is called the Enlightenment. This period emphasized reason, science, and individualism as tools for improving society and human condition. Prominent figures of the Enlightenment include thinkers like Voltaire, Rousseau, and Locke.