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Absolutism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term Absolutism may refer to: • Absolute idealism, an ontologically monistic philosophy attributed to G.W.F. Hegel. It is Hegel's account of how being is ultimately comprehensible as an all-incl...
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Moral absolutism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moral absolutism is the meta-ethical view that certain actions are absolutely right or wrong, devoid of the context of the act. Thus lying, for instance, might be considered to be always immoral, eve...
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Absolutism (European history) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Definition of absolutism in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of absolutism. Pronunciation of absolutism. Translations of absolutism. absolutism synonyms, absolutism antonyms. Information about absolutism in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ... absolutism - dominance through threat of punishment and violence...
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The Age of Absolutism ... The Age of Absolutism describes a period of European history in which monarchs successfully gathered the wealth and power of the state to themselves. Louis XIV is the poster image of the absolute monarch. When he said "L'etat c'est moi" (I am the state) he was to a great extent correct.
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absolutism n. A political theory holding that all power should be vested in one ruler or other authority ... The term absolutism, first used in a political sense in various European languages between 1796 (French) and 1830 (English), became popular through the work of late-nineteenth-century historians proselytizing...
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