JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU’NUN İNSAN ANLAYIŞIYLA AYDINLANMA FELSEFESİNİN İNSAN ANLAYIŞININ KARŞILAŞTIRILMASI
COMPARISON OF JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU’S HUMAN UNDERSTANDING AND ENLIGHTENMENT PHILOSOPHY’S HUMAN UNDERSTANDING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING OF FIRST AGE ENLIGHTENMENT PHILOSPHY

Summary/Abstract: Sophists and rationalists that constitute the foundation of enlightenment philosophy, who were named as first age proponents of the enlightenment, must be mentioned before we talk about 18. Century’s “Enlightenment Age” thinkers. Sophists, who are B.C. V. and IV. Century thinkers, placed the human at the center of their philosophic thoughts therefore nature philosophy was brought to second place of importance in Greek philosophy and human philosophy obtained the first place. Sophists, the thinkers of Greek enlightenment, followed the way of filtering everything with their minds against the traditional Greek thinking based on beliefs. Protagoras who said “Man is the measure of all things”, Gorgias who said “Nothing exists; even if something exists, nothing can be known about it; and even if something can be known, knowledge about it can't be communicated and explained to others”, Antiphon who said “Naturally we are all created same in everything” and Thrasymakhos who said “Justice is the advantage of the stronger” and Kallikles who had ideas that remind “Übermensch” doctrine of A.D. 19. Century thinker Nietzsche are the most significant representatives.

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