I didn't say 10% literacy, I said 90% of the populace banned from any possibility of receiving education. Boyle was a scientific philosopher.You've got the good Bishop and there it ends, Boyle was a scientist and the other two, fine fellows no doubt, hardly qualify. Puzzled about your education point, 10% literacy seems quite good in pre-20th century Europe.
I think literacy in an accepted measure of education, genuine question - who was banned?I didn't say 10% literacy, I said 90% of the populace banned from any possibility of receiving education. Boyle was a scientific philosopher.
All Catholics for starters were banned in law for many years. After that zero funding was made available for education in 3 provinces of Ireland while education was rolled out across the mainland UK.I think literacy in an accepted measure of education, genuine question - who was banned?
Boyle was Boyle was a corpuscularian - a naural philosopher like Newton, who he influenced.
I'd definitely recommend Spinoza, Bayle and Diderot too.If you're going to get into western philosophy (and I'd recommend immersing yourself in one branch at a time as switching back and forth can be unsettling), Kant, Nietzsche, Aquinas, Aristotle, Epicurus, Cicero, Machiavelli, More, Descartes (really think you'd enjoy this guy), Godwin, Von Schelling and Engels are all well worth looking into from the various schools of thought.
When did all this happen, in what years and which laws and if so how was that different from elsewhere in the UK?All Catholics for starters were banned in law for many years. After that zero funding was made available for education in 3 provinces of Ireland while education was rolled out across the mainland UK.
Never heard of the penal laws George? I know you lot like to gloss over the unpleasant parts of your history, but that's a bit much.When did all this happen, in what years and which laws and if so how was that different from elsewhere in the UK?
"Banned from education for 100s of years" you said - just accept you're wrong yet again with a little grace and honesty.Never heard of the penal laws George? I know you lot like to gloss over the unpleasant parts of your history, but that's a bit much.
That was the official ban George, it was just codifying what already existed."Banned from education for 100s of years" you said - just accept you're wrong yet again with a little grace and honesty.
Funny how the Irish managed to produce an endless supply of literary giants then isn't it?That was the official ban George, it was just codifying what already existed.