Thursday, May 14, 2020

Themes And Trends That Happened During The Modern Era

1. The themes and trends that happened during the â€Å"modern† era include punishment, humans with their development and religion. The first one is from Nietzsche. He wrote about German punishment. It includes: stoning, breaking on the wheel, casting stakes, having torn or trampled by horses, boiling the criminal in oil or wine, popular fraying and cutting flesh from the breast. He labels the victim and criminal as the creditor and debtor. When humanity was not yet ashamed of cruelty, life on earth was more lighthearted. Perhaps, pain back then didn’t hurt as much as today (Nietzsche’s time). Therefore, cruelty wasn’t a big deal for the spectator during Nietzsche’s time. He lists several definitions of punishment. Punishment defined, as†¦show more content†¦This means that humans grew agriculturally, adapted in different environments and developed jobs for their needs. Unlike an animal, humans actually have something to do in the world rat her than worrying about defending themselves or providing itself strength. Finally, humans developed governments. There are three steps that Rousseau believed in how government was started. The first step is the right of conquest for conquering other people. The second step is that the strong and weak people needed to be replaced into the poor and rich category. The final step is for the poor to surrender since they have nothing to lose. When it comes to the government that people fitted in, they either fitted in: Monarchy, Democracy, or Aristocracy. The final one is from Hobbes. Hobbes explained a lot about religion. He wrote about the Principles of Christian Politics and nature or rights of the Christian Commonwealth. When Hobbes writes about a man pretending of God speaking to him supernaturally, Hobbes doubts this thought. Hobbes doubts it, because he cannot believe of the argument that the man is trying to make him believe. Hobbes wrote about spirits and angels. Hobbes wrote th at he believed that angels were nothing, but supernatural apparitions made by God. For miracles and their uses, Hobbes explains miracles as, â€Å"a work of God done for the making manifest to his elect

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