The Age Of Enlightenment An Elusive Dream Of Perfection

The moment I close my eyes, I become exactly who I want to be. In my mind’s eye, everything is how it should be. I can shut out a stormy day and see sunshine. In the midst of a final examination, I can close my eyes and I have already begun my summer vacation. Sadly as I once again enter the realm of veracity with the opening of my eyes, the weight of the world is once again felt on my shoulders. I look around and I see filth and garbage coexisting with beauty and radiance; lies and deceit in the same sphere as honesty and integrity. The worst of mankind is horrid; the best is something to be idolized. One might say to one self, â€Å"If I but eliminate the depraved, I would only see, hear and do virtuous things.† Reasonably, this statement just makes sense! During the Age of Enlightenment or reason there was an elusive dream of perfection; a perfect person or a perfect society where all was peaceful and all was right. Beginning to once again think for themselves, we see in written literature the illusion of this greatness. Throwing off the dogma’s of religion, writers began to explore the imagination, delving deeper into the unconscious and quick frankly coming up with some fascinating thoughts. After hundreds of years of controlled thinking through ecclesiastical powers, the mind was now free to roam. Envisioned and engrained on many minds was the image of Sir Thomas Mores â€Å"Utopia†, a paradise beyond compare. Many, through their works tried to give their readers, if evenShow MoreRelatedAlchemist Answer Key2085 Words   |  9 Pagesthe merchant? Coelho chose crystal merchant because he wanted to showcase the different paths a person may chose in life. Whereas Santiago feels eager to pursue his Personal Legend and get to Egypt, the crystal merchant fears pursuing his own dream to make a pilgrimage to Mecca because he worries he will have nothing to live for afterward. 9) The Englishman and his goals are described in the novel. What is he looking for? What does he demonstrate to Santiago that the Englishman alreadyRead MoreOrganisational Theory230255 Words   |  922 Pages. 56 Chapter 2 Modernist organization theory: back to the future? Modernist organization theory in context What is modernism? The way the term modernism is used in different contexts is sometimes concrete and definite and sometimes elusive and contradictory. As we shall see as the chapter develops, modernism is sometimes used as a term to describe a world of order and rationality that is at the same time challenging and exciting. At other times, it is used to describe a world that isRead MoreStrategic Marketing Management337596 Words   |  1351 Pagesand frankly astonishing, confession that he is having serious doubts about its continuing efficacy. Hooley and Saunders (1993, p. 3), however, have pursued a rather different line of argument, suggesting instead that the marketing concept has come of age in that, whereas even 10 years ago, many senior managers did not really understand marketing, 24 S T R AT E G I C M A R K E T I N G M A N A G E M E N T there appears now to be a far deeper and wider appreciation of the concept and of the benefitsRead MoreContemporary Issues in Management Accounting211377 Words   |  846 Pagesresearchers aim to show the partisan nature of accounting and its role in sustaining and perpetuating this schism. As such, radical 50 BAXTER AND FONG CHUA researchers hope that their research will assist broad-scale transformation and enlightenment, enabling the formation of more just and fair organizations and societies (Laughlin 1987). This transformative mandate creates distinctive accounts of management accounting practice, marked by a preparedness to highlight, rather than marginalize