Essays 571 - 600
assignment to the highest post in the state which could be obtained by a commoner such as himself (Owen, 1997). In...
In five pages Arthur Waley's text is applied to a discussion of Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism within the context of categoriz...
In six pages this paper examines the philosophical similarities and differences between Suzuki Roshi's and Immanuel Kant's theorie...
million are without water" (Jackson 20). All of these people are starving. In West Africa, the poverty is so severe that violenc...
by the theory of monism (Turner). The greatest strength of monism appears to be its simplicity: it admits of only one underlying c...
cosmological argument. As mentioned above, an ontological approach uses a deductive argument which "claims that its premises can b...
knowledge has long been purported as the only viable means by which mankind truly knows how and if something exists; without empir...
In six pages this paper discusses the strengths and weaknesses of various philosophical theories with the utilitarianism of John S...
In five pages this paper considers parental rights from philosophical and ethical vantage points. Four sources are cited in the b...
In five pages this paper discusses the grounds for believing in God's existence by discussing philosophical interpretations of fou...
In nine pages this paper provides an analysis of Hegel's philosophical masterwork in a consideration of its purpose and structure....
governmental structures on both sides of the Iron Curtain, believed that the downfall of communism was inevitable. Consider, for ...
and the natural rights that inherently accompany such ownership. Within the realm of life exists inherent elements to ones existe...
then, where does one go? Which way is correct? Going back to ancient times, Aristotle had a lot to say about virtue. In the Nicoma...
long and interesting historical evolution, and its origins are largely responsible for the reluctance of allopathic medical profes...
in his account when he passed away. The email provider Yahoo claimed that due to a terms of service agreement, they could not allo...
2002) . Rene Descartes on the other hand delved into the idea of immediate conscious thinking (2002). Locke viewed identity as be...
as action vs. inaction, doer vs. writer and philosopher, and primitivism vs. modernism. The erudite English narrator of Zorba the...
Introduction The issues surrounding abortion are complex to say the least. People are polarized on the issue...
morning and be blown up on a bus or go to a discotheque and be killed in an explosion. These are not unusual scenarios there. For ...
Barbour, time is merely an illusion (Anonymous, 2000). In his ruminations on time, Augustine contemplates the subjectivity of tim...
In five pages this paper examines pessimism and whether or not optimism exists in this philosophical consideration of Voltaire, Sc...
certainty. I might as well take a shower. I hurried, in an effort to at least reduce the amount of time I would walk into the door...
of these seemingly paradoxical perspectives on the nature of society and the role of the individual in society. Plato appears to ...
is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...
ideas. As we shall soon see, through these speeches Plato seems to have reasoned out how it is that mankind make their way from th...
What comes out of a courtroom is not necessarily truth, but which side argues best. The Sophists prided themselves on the use of p...
However, we can also argue that the proof f this truth made no difference to whether the belief was true, being true even before i...
In five pages this report examines how Kant offered philosophical distinctions between right or the responsibilities of justice an...
This paper discusses the societal impacts of homosexuality according to the philosophical perspectives of John Stuart Mill and Imm...