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Sensualism
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[German Version] The term
sensualism is used in various senses. Its semantic core is often expressed by the slogan “Nihil est in intellectu, quod non prius fuerit in sensu” (“There is nothing in the mind that was not previously ¶ pres…
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Religion Past and Present
Locke, John
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[German Version] (Aug 29, 1632, Wrington, Somerset – Oct 28, 1704, Oates, Essex). The son of an English lawyer and imbued with Puritan values, John Locke attended Westminster School and matriculated at Oxford in 1652, where his studies extended not only to ¶ scholastic philosophy (Scholasticism) but also to areas of the natural sciences, and especially to the field of medicine. Following various academic and diplomatic activities, in 1667 he became a follower of Anthony Ashley Cooper, later the first Lord of Shaftesbury. A journey to France lasting more than three years and ending in 1679 brought John Locke into contact with leading European scholars. Through his strong attachment to his patron Shaftesbury, who championed religious tolerance, Locke…
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Religion Past and Present
Philosophy
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I. Antiquity
1. Western philosophy is usually held to begin with the Ionian philosophers of nature (Thales, Anaximander, Heraclitus, Natural philosophy), even if they described their activity less as philosophy than as “history.” The first to refer to himself specifically as a philosopher is said to have been Pythagoras, but this may have been a retrospective reference. The word …
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