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The Consequences of Ideas

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Thales

2. Monism and Pluralism

Monism and Pluralism

3. Parmenides, Heraclitus, and Zeno

Parmenides, Heraclitus, and Zeno

Socrates

5. Plato (Part 1)

Plato (Part 1)

6. Plato (Part 2)

Plato (Part 2)

7. Aristotle (Part 1)

Aristotle (Part 1)

8. Aristotle (Part 2)

Aristotle (Part 2)

9. Plotinus and Neo-Platonism

Plotinus and Neo-Platonism

Augustine

Anselm

12. Aquinas (Part 1)

Aquinas (Part 1)

13. Aquinas (Part 2)

Aquinas (Part 2)

14. The Renaissance Revolution

The Renaissance Revolution

Descartes

16. Descartes and "Cause and Effect"

Descartes and "Cause and Effect"

Leibniz

Pascal

Locke

20. Crisis in the 18th Century (Part 1)

Crisis in the 18th Century (Part 1)

21. Crisis in the 18th Century (Part 2)

Crisis in the 18th Century (Part 2)

22. Berkeley and Empiricism

Berkeley and Empiricism

23. Hume (Part 1)

Hume (Part 1)

24. Hume (Part 2)

Hume (Part 2)

25. The Enlightenment (Part 1)

The Enlightenment (Part 1)

26. The Enlightenment (Part 2)

The Enlightenment (Part 2)

27. Kant (Part 1)

Kant (Part 1)

28. Kant (Part 2)

Kant (Part 2)

Hegel

Marx

31. Kierkegaard

Kierkegaard

Nietzsche

33. Sartre and Heidegger

Sartre and Heidegger

Russell

35. Modern Philosophers

Modern Philosophers

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The Enlightenment (Part 2)

During the Enlightenment, many minds were at work to rid society of religion. One way was to disregard Scripture and use only what is observed in nature and deduced by reason as the means of understanding our place in this world. Does nature prove that we are born sinners in need of redemption or have we been corrupted by a religious society? Continuing this series on the Consequences of Ideas, Dr. Sproul explains the thoughts of some of the major thinkers of the Enlightenment era, and their effects on us today.

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