Great Thinkers
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Great Thinkers
Philosophy among the ages has been a subject explored by the liberal geniuses of time. From Aristotle to Freud, from Marx to Kant and Levi, these men have delved into topics that require them to think critically without being bias. By this, it is imperative for these great men to look at the world that they live in encompassing subjects such as government, human behavior, and religion in a morally rich way while keeping themselves separate from social obligation and pressure. In all forms of life, this separation would serve most of us good. Judging the world around us while freeing ourselves from the stereotypes and other social chains that normally hold back the critical mind is the only way to separate true good from evil. This knowledge is the main goal of all philosophy; the supreme way of knowing. Two of these great men and equally great thinkers are Immanueal Kant and Alexis de Tocqueville. In two of their essays concerning the social structure of government pertaining to the existence of democracy, despotism, and republicanism, these men separate themselves from bias and learned standpoints in order to put themselves in a position of not an individual but as a whole with human existence. They analyze the structure of our governments and without prior dispositions convey their ideas about a better social structure as well as the troubles that the existing governments may inevitably endure. Through the depiction of Kant's "Perpetual Peace" and de Tocqueville's "The Principle of Sovereignty Of The American People", it can be seen that through contrasting and similar ideas about social reform that it is necessary to make judgments about politics while keeping them tied to truth and morality...