Essays 751 - 780
In four pages the death penalty is analyzed within the concept of various philosophies such as 'an eye for an eye' and provides an...
here on Earth. This of course, did not go over well with the Church who was used to organizing everyones life on Earth. Reason, th...
Taoism, or flowing with the Tao (Dao) is best translated into English as "The Way", "The Flow of Things", the "Course of Nature", ...
challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...
It is in the Second Meditation, however, that the apparent flaw in his logic appears and gives rise to the Cartesian Circle. In th...
human being from conception to death is encapsulated in a pod. In Platos Cave the only thing that they can see is...
normal children do. However, these tasks that ordinary children dont think twice about, offer sincere and daunting challenges to t...
of knowledge through experience, and so is the basis for synthetic statements that are linked to a postiori knowledge. Kant used ...
develops his inquiry into the contention to see if it holds up to scrutiny: SOCRATES: And when a jury is rightly convinced of fact...
In five pages this report compares Hume and Berkeley in terms of their philosophies' differences and similarities particularly as ...
In five pages Hume, Kant, Cicero, and Plato are discussing how when responding to political oppression violence can be morally jus...
Some of Aristotle's most famous conclusions are disputed in the dialogue contained within this six page research paper and such to...
In six pages this paper presents a fictional dialogue on philosophy between two people with one arguing in favor of sensual proof ...
In eight pages this research paper examines reason as practically used by Socrates during his last days in his Crito dialogue. Fo...
come into the picture or they leave home early. There is a lack of creativity and production. Perhaps the wife wants to add an add...
In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares each religious philosopher's arguments regarding man being separate from goodness a...
In six pages this paper denotes similarities and differences in the philosophies of Plato and Hume regarding God, morality, and hu...
can one know what is beautiful or what is ugly? There must be some sort of shared experience. Plato uses a cave allegory--somethi...
correct them by illustrating how values are an integral component of personhood. Indeed, it can readily be argued how the concept...
in such a case: 1. They can tell the child what happened. 2. They can pretend that they dont know what happened. 3. They...
critics, his reputation and fame has never been truly compromised. He has added a great deal in terms of thought in a variety of d...
have been utilized in both historical and contemporary politics: (a) The use of diplomacy and the formation of coalitions; (b) Vio...
Indeed, it seems that within the context of philosophy, there is a wrestling with religious thought, because it is from the rejec...
attacks were largely carried out by those fighting for their freedom from a corrupt system (the Russian Revolution) or for the fre...
In contrast to the views of genic selectionists, then, developmental systems theory has been proposed as a way of incororating and...
said that one can easily recognize in an educated mind the ability to entertain a thought without accepting it; Aristotle taught t...
the soul. In understanding the influence the pre-Socratics had, it is beneficial to consider some of the major questions and the ...
but philosophers also argue that private property rights are necessary (even when they seem unfair) "for the ethical development o...
a prison takeover (Burke, 1995). Though unusual, if something like that were to happen, officials would be at an extreme disadvant...
asks whether pluralism "is a philosophy for wimps," that is, "for those whose beliefs are too saturated with uncertain and ambival...