Historic Pathways Notes

All About Philosophical Groups Puritans View of God: Theists; God is omnipotent and wrathful Values: morality, religion, Bible, God Truth: faith and religion View of man: Man is basically evil View of life: pessimistic View of society: Emphasis on the success of society Emphasis on authority Education is very religious Work and worldly success are paths to Gods grace

Revolutionaries View of God: Deists Values: usefulness, success, reason Truth: science and reason View of man: Man is perfectible and basically good View of life: Optimistic View of God: God is benevolent; judges but does not control Emphasis on the individual within society Great importance of liberty Education is practical and vocational (work-related) All men can achieve success through work

Transcendentalists View of God: Pantheists Values: nature, intuition Truth: intuition and instinct View of man: Man is divine and shares this divinity with all life View of life: Idealistic God is omnipresent (present everywhere at the same time) and omniscient (knows everything) Emphasis on the individual as superior to society Importance of self-knowledge Education is liberal; the aim is self-knowledge Success is measured by mans correct relationship to his work. Quiz on Friday, October 4, 2013!