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Ideas of the 1800s
Time Line of Art History:
In his famous book, "Organism," Abraham Maslow originated the idea of self-actualization within a hierarchial structure of physilogical and psychological needs. Within this structure are what Maslow calls "esteem needs." From the very beginning of time historians have made manifest evidence of man's expression of "esteem needs." Over 30,000 years ago in Chauvet France the discovery of dynamic, vibrant paintings of animals drawn on limestone cave walls stand as a testament to man's need to express his world through art.
Beauty is truth, truth beauty,
That is all ye know on earth and
All ye need to know.
-------- John Keats (1819) "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
Take the time to see the truth, to see the beauty that man has created across time and space. "Click away!"
Time Line Index:
Georg Wilhelm Fredrich Hegel 1770-1831
Adam Smith, Economist 1723-1790
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poet 1772-1834
Origin of the Species, Darwin 1859
Søren Kierkegaard, Father of Existentialism 1813-1855
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Adam Smith, Socialists and Liberals
Economics, society and ideas
Public Health, geology, evolution, sociology
Religion, Philosphy and History
Orthodoxy versus new ideas
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Adam Smith (1723-1790) was the great Scottish philosopher and economist who is best known for his book The Wealth of Nations.
British gentleman, political activist, legal scholar, social philosopher, linguist, Jeremy Bentham is best known as the founder of British "utilitarianism" or "philosophical radicalism".
Why does Charles Darwin's "dangerous idea" matter more today than ever, and how does it explain the past and predict the future of life on Earth?
Sir Edwin Chadwick 1800-1890
"A Glimpse into London's Early Sewers"
An English country doctor who pioneered vaccination. Jenner's discovery in 1796 that inoculation with cowpox gave immunity to smallpox, was an immense medical breakthrough and has saved countless lives
When Charles Darwin embarked on the Beagle, he took with him a book written by Charles Lyell: Principles of Geology. In the book, Lyell made the argument for gradualism (or uniformitarianism), the idea that present-day geological processes can explain the history of the earth.
Jean-Baptiste Lamark 1744-1829
Charles Darwin wrote in 1861:
Lamarck was the first man whose conclusions on the subject excited much attention. This justly celebrated naturalist first published his views in 1801. . . he first did the eminent service of arousing attention to the probability of all changes in the organic, as well as in the inorganic world, being the result of law, and not of miraculous interposition.
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