Talk:17th-century philosophy

message: A few things...whoever wrote the bottom comment needs to spellcheck and reread their history. Nonetheless, I just want to pose a question to the wiki community and provide my own take on it. 
The question is: What do we think about the presence of the Iranian philosophy on this page? 
I am an Iranian and a Modern European Intellectual history major, but still, I think they should be separated. If they are separated, I think the Iranian article should be revised to take out the "ooh, look, we discovered existentialism before Sartre" crap. Although I am not familiar with the idea, this phrasing is absolutely absurd. To say that an idea shares similarities to existentialism is a completely different thing than to consider knowledge production as a race. Furthermore, to say that ideas can be treated outside of their context is absurd. The whole point of this article isn't 'philosophy' or a certain school of philosophy but a certain temporal context. Thus, "Existence before essence" is not the same in 1960s France than it is in early 19th C. Denmark, or ancient Rome. Let's not be hasty here.  
Navidnak (talk) 12:29, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Wow- but mostly on Iran 

message: Any casual acquaintance with the text of this writer plus three hundred years of being defined so entitles him to be re-instated on this page!Norwikian 07:34, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Browne a philosopher

message: What's the distinction between the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment?Cheesy 08:05, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It is often called the "Age of Reason" and is considered to succeed the Renaissance philosophy era and precede the Age of Enlightenment, but, some consider it as the earliest part of the Enlightenment era in philosophy, extending that era to two centuries.  (emphasis added) 
In any event, if you all can justify the centuries lining up with era names nice and tidy, it probably makes sense that it would be philosophers who could pull that significant feat off successfully! (But I have my cynical doubts!) Cheers! // FrankB 15:10, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Enlightenment? 

message: I found myself reconciling terminology in this and Age of Enlightenment for us ignorant in philosopy courses today. I added two IMPROVEMENT tags -- 
#Expand -- Considering the extent of change as the modern world was born from the fuedal institutions and the birth of the Modern nation-states in the era, the length is merely a good stub. Certainly, philosophy of the era would tie into such momentous changes in western culture. I should add stub templates as well! Yikes, guys! Give this some TLC, please. The era is facinating, no matter what continent you may be standing on during it!
#and refimprove -- One cite in a century article is laughable! Ahem!
#Note the trailing embedded comment:
::It is often called the "Age of Reason" and is considered to succeed the Renaissance philosophy era and precede the Age of Enlightenment, but, some consider it as the earliest part of the Enlightenment era in philosophy, extending that era to two centuries.  (emphasis added) 
In any event, if you all can justify the centuries lining up with era names nice and tidy, it probably makes sense that it would be philosophers who could pull that significant feat off successfully! (But I have my cynical doubts!) Cheers! // FrankB 15:10, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: {refimprove} and {expand} tagging