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☆☆☆☆☆Niccolò Machiavello (1469-1527) was a figure of the Italian Renaissance. He was a capital figure in politics and in one of his books he wrote that "the end justifies the means" (which should be understood in context )though)
Unfortunately, many careless readers interpreted that any evil action can be justified if it is done for a good purpose. And the word "Machiavellian" is often used to describe a crafty, secret or tricky plan.
Baruch Spinoza A+
David Hume (1711-1776) was a Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses. This is known as empiricism.
German idealism
This elected body is called the Parliament. It is composed of two houses, the House of Lords and the large House of Commons.
positivism
it was friedrich nietzsche
utilitarianism
death of Immanuel Kant
British idealism
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
metaphysics
Denis Diderot (1713-1784) viewed societal progress as independent of the growth of knowledge and technology, and wrote many works involving the laws of probability.
socialism
Ludwig wittgenstein
Sir Francis Bacon
The Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794) wrote the "Sketch", published posthumously in 1795. The fundamental idea of the treatise is the continual progress of mankind toward perfection.
Magna Carta.
True statements:
All neutrons are alike, all electrons are alike, all protons are alike (All atoms of a given isotope is only alike).
False statement:
All atoms are alike
All atoms are not alike as they may vary in the number of protons / electrons / neutrons.
Denis Diderot
