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The state of nature is an idea which became especially popular with certain philosophers during the Enlightenment, notably Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), John Locke (1632-1704), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). It refers to a state of existence...

Mehmed V (r. 1909-1918 CE) was proclaimed Sultan of the Ottoman Empire after the Young Turk Revolution. (Le Petit Journal, 1909 CE)

David Hume (1711-1776) was a Scottish philosopher, writer, historian, and important figure in the Enlightenment. Hume presented a positive view of human nature but a sceptical view of religion's usefulness. His Treatise of Human Nature was...

An 1876 oil on canvas, The Hunt, by Claude Monet (1840-1926), the French impressionist painter. In a usual subject for the artist, the cleared path of the forest leads to a patch of light just off-centre, which, in turn, leads the viewer's...

Alfred Dreyfus stripped of his rank, illustration published in the Petit Journal, 13 January 1895. National Library of France, Paris.

A print depicting Ethan Allen demanding the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga, 10 May 1775. By John Steeple Davis, 1875. Originally published in The Aldine: the Art Journal of America. (New York: The Aldine Co., 1868-1879) New York Public...

The title page of Treatise on Human Nature by the Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776). A key text of the Enlightenment, it was first published in 1740. The quote from Tacitus reads: "It is the rare happiness of these days that one...

World War I was a total war for millions of people in Europe. Many men were enlisted in the fighting, but the war work had implications for the daily lives of a huge number of Europeans. Women entered the workforce in huge numbers, and for...

Skeleton and reconstruction of the La Ferrassie 1 Neanderthal found in France, as seen in an exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.

The Garden of Eden by Thomas Cole. 19th century CE. (Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, USA)