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In four pages this paper examines how Plato and Socrates were philosophically viewed by Nietzsche. Two sources are cited in the b...
This paper examines the writings and life of Wollstonecraft. The author discusses her philosophical treatise, A Vindication of th...
universe as heartily to assent to the evil that seems inherent in its details?" (Thought & Character, Volume I, Perry, 322) (Shull...
this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...
considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...
Hence, it is not unexpected that philosophers throughout the ages have also had different thoughts on freedom. While many people,...
a desire to find out something that is known for sure. It is of course hard to know anything is certain. Some people today questio...
of these seemingly paradoxical perspectives on the nature of society and the role of the individual in society. Plato appears to ...
with the absolute. Nagarjuna disagreed with this sense of absolutism. Nagarjuna philosophy can also be distinguished from mainst...
philosophers and artists, and included figures such as Rousseau, Goethe, Hegel and Kant. One of the major elements of Romanticism ...
see the usefulness of your food donation, insofar as eating food will improve his health." And there is still yet another agreeabl...
Nozicks Theory of Justice presents a strong argument for the libertarian view. This view honors property rights, that is, that in...
an ends justify the means ideology. To Machiavelli, justice has to do with an end. One can take Machiavellis concept a bit furthe...
guidance that gives meaning for man. Rather, as he explains, mans actions and intellectual activity seem to provide meaning. This ...
can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...
actually been a supporter of revolution in the American colonies. Burke certainly believed in individual rights, but he stressed t...
a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...
know as the scientific method, which is still used today for ascertaining reliable facts about the natural world. To accomplish hi...
right or correct, or is there something about that action itself that God recognizes, and for this reason declares the action corr...
84). However, Socrates is willing to concede that an individual can desire an evil thing if he mistakenly first evaluates it as go...
it comes to knowledge leads one to believe that people are much more likely to act out in such a manner that is motivated only by ...
one looks at a variety of lifetimes via reincarnation, its purpose explained by knowledge. In other words, people are born and liv...
held the belief that morality was performed because of the will of an "other," rather than driven by the beast within (The Philoso...
as a problem (Frost, 1962). However, later philosophers, as they pondered the nature of the universe, began to see the fact of cha...
was changing in terms of philosophy. John Lockes The Second Treatise of Civil Government is rather compelling and in fact, free ch...
discoveries of this philosopher? Has this person made a significant contribution that has led to the discovery or founding of some...
This paper examines space and time's inductive relativity as conceptualized by the paradoxes of Zeno in six pages. Four sources a...
In six pages this paper examines William James' philosophy of human nature with religion a primary focus. Four sources are cited ...
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 examines philosophy and the nature of religious faith as considered in Clark's 1997 text Philosophers Who...