Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Treaties Of The European Union, Epicurus, Civil Religion
18 Jan 2018
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Invited a king from another country to be king: william of orange, 1691: two treaties of government, divine right of king. James and charles say they are kings because god put them there: revolutions = world is upside down (180, older definition: reversion/return (360, revolutions, civil war, restoration. "glorious" revolution: types, religious, political, a change occurs, state becomes sovereign ex. Treaty of westphalia: scientific, breaks everything down to simpler form, epicurus did this: "world is made up of atoms, successful because its applied with technology. Isaac newton = poster child for scientific revolution: writes "principia, links everything to the law of gravity --> an organizing force that explains everything else, does(cid:374)"t i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e ho(cid:271)(cid:271)es --> but have a similar impulse. Human nature: hobbes argues that humans are close enough to being the same. In their interactions/the way we experience the world.
