German idealism maintained that mind was a passive agent. Apperceptive mass was a concept proposed by Kant. Time and space were considered by Kant to be apriori intuitions.
Ideas vary in forcefulness and they compete with each other for consciousness according to Herbart.
German pietism was a movement which stressed and emphasized the importance of the intellectual side of man. The Protestant ethic refers to the belief that some persons are already chosen for heaven and therefore it is not necessary to work hard. The two major religious movements in the early development of the United States were Baptist and Jewish. One of the basic tenets of the Anglican church was that the Pope was supreme in his interpretation of the Bible. One basic assumption of the English reformation was the belief that no man should be superior to any other man.