Semester's end swiftly approaches

Its been a while since I updated this. That's most likely because I have had no time for anything lately. at 12:50pm today my last class ended, and after taking a glorious nap I realized, I have nothing to do. I should study, but considering the past few days have been study study study 2-3 hours of sleep then more studying, I think I am going to wait until the specified 'reading days' to do my hardcore learning for Finals. Instead, I plan on cleaning my room and relaxing. Listening to some musica, maybe watch a movie...

I think I did pretty well on my paper for H259. This is my favorite part. I wrote about how the scientific revolution and the scientific method were influential in shaping the literature, civilizations, and religions of the 15-19th centuries.

Rene Descartes, who provided a framework for the scientific method in his Discourse on the Method, believed that the “ultimate purpose of theoretical science was to serve the practical needs of human beings” (Philosophy). His method transcended the boundaries of the scientific into the sociological world. In the 18th century, method and reason were seen as tools for the liberation of humanity (Maxwell). This was an important factor in distinguishing not only between scientific and non-scientific, but also between “rational and irrational approaches to the ordering of the human world of politics and social institutions” (Schuster, ix). Because of this, more emphasis was placed on discovering what caused problems within society.
One example of this comes from early communists, and more particularly, Karl Marx. Marx’s ideas come from not only a challenging time of social unrest, but also from his methodical cause and effect analysis. He took the basic principles of the scientific method and applied them to the real world. His observation of the world around him and his study of history allowed him to form a hypothesis regarding social conflict. The Communist Manifesto was his (as well as the Communists’) testable transformation of civilization through a revolution of the proletariat. He concluded that the fault of discontented civilization lay with the bourgeoisie. He advocated that through the use of the proletariat as a revolutionary force, change towards a better state for all could be achieved (Marx). Although the end results of his experiment with civilization was by and large unsuccessful, it remains a good example of how methodical cause and effect analysis were integrated into political thought following the Scientific Revolution. Even today Marx’s system of sociological thought and his political theories are studied and respected for their continual relevance regarding class conflict.


Now considering this was written at between 1-6am on monday morning, I am pretty proud of it. That whole night...

I either felt like this-
Or like this-