Class Notes for The Christian Foundations of Modernity (PHIL252)
Complete handwritten notes from PHIL 252-A: The Christian Foundations of Modernity, covering January through April 2026 (30 pages). Traces the development of modern thought through four major philosophers: Pascal (the wager, distraction and diversion, faith vs reason, the human condition), Kant (epistemology, autonomy, rationality and freedom, the five propositions, perpetual peace, republicanism vs democracy), Hegel (dialectics, Sittlichkeit, the owl of Minerva, Aufhebung/sublation, master-slave dialectic, consciousness and guilt, Spirit), and Marx (alienation of labor, capital, bourgeois society, surplus value, class relations). Includes midterm and final exam study guides with numbered review questions.
Written for
- Institution
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Calvin College
- Course
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PHIL252 (PHIL252)
Document information
- Uploaded on
- May 19, 2026
- Number of pages
- 30
- Written in
- 2025/2026
- Type
- Class notes
- Professor(s)
- James smith
- Contains
- All classes
Subjects
- phil 252
- philosophy
- pascal
- kant
- hegel
- marx
- epistemology
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pascals wager
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faith and reason
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autonomy
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dialectics
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sittlichkeit
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aufhebung
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sublation
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alienation of labor
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polit
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christian foundations of modernity