#age of enlightenment

[earlgrey24]

Walks up to a couple: Soo, which one of you is the Prussian-born monarch with emotional baggage and which is the overly dramatic French philosopher they can't help but keep throwing their money at?

#fritz and voltaire #catherine and diderot #if you care to know #obligatory weird that it happened twice reference #history shitposting #voltaire #frederick the great #catherine the great #denis diderot #1700s #the Franco-Prussian patronage/support system/marriage from hell is something that can be so personal #like you don't understand #18th century #history memes #age of enlightenment #prussia #french philosophy #hall of fame

[g4rdensofb4bylon]

if I had a nickel for every time politicians were thrown out the window in Prague I'd have three nickels. which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened three times???

#its so stupid lmao #and so niche😭 #i was studying for a test on the thirty years war and laughed through tears when i found out there were THREE DEFENESTRATIONS??? #i mean its kind of a slay tbh— #im going insane. #chaotic academia #dark academia #academia #classic academia #academia aesthetic #books #art academia #poetry #light academia #history #history memes #?? #defenestration #age of enlightenment #enlightenment #art history #history nerd #thirty years war #darkest academia #romantic academia #idk #the secret history

[fuwbuki]

Somehow got into French revolution and age of enlightenment

so heres quick Robespierre, Frederick the most powerful gay of 18 century and Voltaire the skinny legend

#fanart #myart #maximilien robespierre #french revolution #age of enlightenment #commissions #commissions open #frederick the great #fritz #voltaire #frev #frev community

[barbossas-wench]

Piracy and Enlightenment

There's the historical connection between enlightenment and pirates

We all know the pirates are lawbreakers but there's a connection between enlightenment and Piracy on the same time

Piracy had been a very long time to this day, especially Golden Age of Piracy dates from 1650s-1730s

Age of Enlightenment (or Age of Reason) dates from 1685-1815 was a movement with intellectual and philosophical influences and effects.

The movement's main ideas are humanity, reason, descience and liberty. The Enlightenment influence two grandest revolutions, the American revolution and French Revolution. The two revolutions influenced other countries independence in following years

Also, there are enlightened ideas of modern democracy, including vote for rights

Pirate government system is modern democracy. They have voting election to elect new captain or new second mate.

Some enlightened ideas about natural human rights (life, liberty, and property). Enlightened philosophers wanted to improve human conditions on earth than concern with skepticism

In Piracy, being aboard on pirate ships are more civilized than life on merchant ships that merchant sailors were treated poorly there. Piracy also offered to poor men who are unemployed. Pirates may be respect to each other despite their different backgrounds.

Since American Revolution influenced by enlightenment ideals, some pirates help America free from Britain

Pirate code was influenced by enlightenment as US Constitution, despite they have different similarities on their own and each other. And it has significant on process of American democracy.

So that means Pirates are enlightened rebels on the sea

#max's corner #history #pirates history #age of enlightenment #golden age of piracy #pirate history #pirates of the caribbean #POTC #black sails #our flag means death #ofmd #treasure island

[lovelaceace]

"Art, fashion, and the Hyades."

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I don't know, I just want them to be happy for once.

#cthulhu mythos #lovecraft #lovecraft mythos #art #design #original character #hastur #king in yellow #malevolent #cassilda #camilla #jade alexander #original art #original artwork #portfolio #portrait #gold paint #age of enlightenment #french fashion #digital painting #artists on tumblr

[moonnightdew]

Aquarius New Moon has made me feel so stuck…

In fact all Aquarius transits make me feel trapped, confused and like I’m in an illusion. I always feel the clawing & gnawing urge to be free. It’s like a lightbulb goes off & suddenly release I’m not actually living the life I want and deserve. Aquarius transits tend to snap me out of auto-pilot mode or the overproduction and overconsumption mode. Instead of just working, spending, eating, learning and producing to just be doing better or something that feels like achievement, progression or contentment— I’m called to actually do something that will truly free & fulfill my soul and energy ( it’s usually leaving ✈️ ).

I think this is called a “existential crisis.” I have these every new & full Aquarius moon ( unfortunately) 🌌 💭

#astrology #astro #astrology moodboard #horoscope #moodboard #mood board #new moon #full moon #tarot #pluto in aquarius #age of enlightenment #age of aquarius #aquarius #existentialism #existential crisis #thoughts #new moon in aquarius #aquarius new moon #tarot pick a card #pick a pile #tarot pick a pile #pick one #pick a picture #pick a card

[nickysfacts]

Anton Wilhelm Amo Afer showcases how the Enlightenment effected the societal beliefs on racism!🇩🇪

📚🧑🏾‍🦱📚

#history #germany #anton wilhelm amo afer #philosphy #age of enlightenment #european history #braunschweig wolfenbüttel #holy roman empire #education #university of halle #europe #black history matters #africa #historical figures #black history #university #black european #empowerment #black excellence #educator #enlightenment #german history #university of jena #nickys facts

[tmblrfuckingsucksass]

Sir Isaac Newton

December 25, 1642 - March 20, 1727

🍏🪐🔭

#isaac newton #physics #scientific revolution #optics #mathematics #calculus #laws of motion #law of universal gravitation #17th century #scientific history #age of enlightenment

[little-desi-historian]

Artifacts of the Spanish in the Dominican Republic (16th century through 18th century). 🇩🇴

#meerathehistorian #history #16th century #18th century #santo domingo #18th century history #16th century history #dominican republic #caribbean #my photos #photography #mine #european history #spanish history #spanish colonial #indigenous history #black history #age of exploration #age of sail #age of enlightenment #slavery cw #violence cw

[shittywriterbrain]

i just love doing the age of enlightenment in history class. we've learned about johnlock, cunt, and the guy who invented the omegaverse!

#its thomas hobbes #he said humans are like wolves at some point i dont know the context and i wont bother to find out #history #philosphy #age of enlightenment

[earlgrey24]

Excitedly started telling my friend about some 18th century drama (V/Émilie/Fritz, may have thrown Catherine and Diderot in there, possibly moved onto ancient Rome at some point though I cannot say for sure) and she just blinked and asked "is this like, from a fan fiction?"

Which honestly, fair. The level of insanity is so high that it does sound made up. But I have the receipts, I have the letters.

Moral of the story, the past is often wonderfully weird and beautiful and more people should know about it instead of seeing history as nothing but a long list of kings and battles!

#history #rant #french history #ancient rome #roman republic #history memes #frev #voltaire #frederick the great #émilie du châtelet #denis diderot #catherine the great #european history #history shitposting #18th century #1700s #enlightenment #age of enlightenment

[natasa-pantovic]

Lecture “Knowledge in the Making” by Dr Reuben Grima, National Library Series, exploring images of the 17th Century Maltese Book written by Giovanni Francesco Abela (1582–1655).   Abela obtained the title of Doctor in Law in December 1606.  His cabinet of antiquities became the core of Malta's national archaeological collection.

#art history #17th century #archaeology #deyvis malta #age of enlightenment #ancient history #history of Malta

[femmeoutoffocus]

“What a pessimist you are!" exclaimed Candide.

"That is because I know what life is," said Martin.”

― Voltaire, Candide

#voltaire #candide #french philosophy #satire #age of enlightenment #18th century lit

[mai-von-weissenfels]

I find it really funny that some guy in the 18th century got so mad at the encyclopedia to the point of writing a full lenght play mocking it and it's writers, but I find it even funnier that the creator of the encyclopedia responded to this by writing a novel about a hypothetical worst person ever and making that person a good friend of that guy

#yes this is about palissot's play called les philosophes #and diderot's novel le neveu de rameau #18th century #history #age of enlightenment

[quotesfrommyreading]

Hearing voices occurs in every culture and has often been accorded great importance – the gods of Greek myth often spoke to mortals, and the gods of the great monotheistic traditions, too. Voices have been significant in this regard, perhaps more so than visions, for voices, languages, can convey an explicit message or command as images alone cannot.

Until the eighteenth century, voices – like visions – were ascribed to supernatural agencies: gods or demons, angels or djinns. No doubt there was sometimes an overlap between such voices and those of psychosis or hysteria, but for the most part, voices were not regarded as pathological; if they stayed inconspicuous and private, they were simply accepted as part of human nature, part of the way it was with some people.

Around the middle of the eighteenth century, a new secular philosophy started to gain ground with the philosophers and scientists of the Enlightenment, and hallucinatory visions and voices came to be seen as having a physiological basis in the overactivity of certain centers in the brain.

But the romantic idea of “inspiration” still held, too – the artist, especially the writer, was seen or saw himself as the transcriber, the amaneunsis, of a Voice, and sometimes had to wait years (as Rilke did) for the Voice to speak.

  —  Hallucinations (Oliver Sacks)

#book quotes #oliver sacks #hallucinations (oliver sacks) #history #classics #science #neuroscience #neurology #psychology #philosophy #greek mythology #hallucinations #religion #christianity #islam #writing #poetry #authors #age of enlightenment #ancient greece #rainer maria rilke #inspiration

[moonnightdew]

When those nodes move into Pisces and Virgo— it’s really gonna give “The second coming of Christ” & “Ascension”. My mom just gave me a whole speech about Lucifer & Jesus Christ. She claims in 2 years, Jesus is coming and the world is ending………

#astrology #astro #astrology moodboard #horoscope #moodboard #mood board #new moon #full moon #tarot #tarot pick a pile #pick a pile #pick a card #tarot pick a card #north node #south node #pluto in aquarius #age of enlightenment #age of aquarius #jesus christ #religion #spirituality