The Enlightenment Period, a time period of significant change and development of science, economy and human identity. Of course, when there is change, there is always an individual or individuals behind it to create this change in direction. We will examine the five philosophers that not only did not allow the fear of failure to stop them but even pursued the challenge and created the a new train for thought. I will briefly cover Marx, Darwin, Freud, Nietzsche, and Dostoevsky in this essay and what famous accomplishments they did in their lifetime. Karl Marx, famously known for the political pamphlet written in 1848 describing the class struggle. He believed that there should be a “classless” system something along the lines of communism. He believed that capitalism was only giving the power and wealth to the rich while the poor …show more content…
The theory was based on natural selection, traits that are in favor of the organisms survival. Darwin's change of thought was rejected by so many individuals but embraced by others as well and because of that, it brought on a new idea of humans development instead of the biblical story of Adam and Eve. Sigmund Freud is known for his controversial psychoanalysis and his belief that all men's dive was sexual. He also created the ideas of the id, ego and superego for the parts of the unconscious mind of a man and his actions. These three men I briefly went over all believed that human culture was defective in the history and also shared the common thought of the Greek Heroic worldview but the last two men think differently. Friedrich Nietzsche was basically the first atheist to speak his mind. He did not believe in God and even claimed that life would not get any better. He also believed that living by the standards of society made someone weak instead of becoming what he is. Nietzsche referred this as