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1030 Test 2 - terms and vocab
Modern Era and Philosophy
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 3
10/24/2016

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augustan
Definition
an act of pride on Adam's part
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post Lasperianism
Definition
fall from a perfect state
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libido dominandi
Definition
desire/dominate (inside and outside borders)
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summum bodum
Definition
the ultimate good, in this case the best aspiration is peace not glory or justice
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augustianism
Definition
the state is cut off from the conception of God
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humanism
Definition
non religious human endeavor, new focus on this world
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classics
Definition
ancient works that were suppressed by the church that described their art (anatomical and heroic)
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classical realism
Definition
how humans aught to interact with nature
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virility/virtu
Definition
see our will made
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Agothocles
Definition
tyrant, cruelty is not effective bc it is self interested
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Borgia
Definition
violence is applied surgically, overall objective of cruelty is the state not the self
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Protestant natural equality
Definition
justification by faith alone, no hierarchy of holiness, every person is a priest
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erastian
Definition
religion aught to be a function of the state's objectives
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secularism
Definition
church and state are separate (think Jefferson's wall)
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sectarianism/theocracy
Definition
rule and institutions of the state by religion, power of the state is derived from god
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Hobbesian materialism
Definition
everything is just matter, no natural truths
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nominalist
Definition
all human cognitive activity is through naming
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axiomatize
Definition
Euclidean method of argument, a proof derived form the fundamental basis of definition
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de corpore
Definition
describe the human object, the material (Hardware)
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de homine
Definition
describing humans through behavior, what makes humans a unique species (OS)
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de cive
Definition
describing humans as citizens, interactions in society/politics (Network)
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tabula rasa
Definition
blank slate, absence of preconceived notions
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science
Definition
art of reason to find truth through summation
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Hobbesian reason
Definition
reckoning, instrumental and logical summary from components, deriving compoenents from a conclusion logically (a faculty)

Euclidean method of proving by definition and then reason through truth
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deliberation
Definition
sorting through sense data
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universal theory
Definition
"power after power", objectivity (institutional) not subjectivity (norms), morals converted into materialism
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personation
Definition
authorize/representation of ourselves (like corporations nowadays)
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Leviathan
Definition
mortal sea monster god from Job, the one who applies the consequences when justice is wronged/break of the covenant, Protectionism
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liberalism
Definition
political ideology of individual rights and a limited government
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Liberalism
Definition
progressive, like today's "liberals"
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constitutionalism
Definition
gov aught to have a constitution with the people
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Patriarcha
Definition
Filmer's view that political power is derived form familial power, divine right of kings
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Locke's liberty and Hobbes's liberty
Definition
Locke-what law allows
Hobbes-state of license, do what you want to survive
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Locke's equality and Hobbes's equality
Definition
Locke-moral equality, equal claim to self government,no one given natural power over another
Hobbes-equal destructive power
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arbitrary power/abitrium
Definition
subject to will of another, abitrium-will
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possessive individualism
Definition
individual means of appropriation
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