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mind may receive sensory perceptions from the brain, but it is able to act freely, based on thought processes. While it may have ...
women to the sidelines of history, as insignificant to the progress of humanity. By implication, this view says that women did not...
that there are some tips toward combating stress and its effect on the human body. Taking time out each day to perform stress-bust...
in 1515. Cubas position in the Caribbean has made it attractive to non-natives for centuries. The Spanish gave it extra at...
conception of what is perceived. Some ideas appear to be innate, while others appear to originate elsewhere and come to the mind i...
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...
there is a universal perception of God, it is not proof that he does exist. Perhaps the most important part of Descartess argument...
thus in doubting, he is thinking, and it must be true that he exists" (Anonymous Topic 2 - "Cogito, ergo sum", 2002; cogito.html)....
This dissolution, first adverse, becomes a positive driving force which allows us to sway from crime, avarice and over-anxious car...
that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...
the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...
for answers related to existence or transcendence. Interestingly, many will read his arguments, which are admittedly logical and w...
is dreaming or not and finally, the last statement in the proof is a conclusion that says that he does not know whether or not he ...
Cartesian dualism is also known as the "mind-body problem" and establishes that there are clearly separate and distinct aspects of...
The fundamental propositions of the science established in the Meditations go to physics, but while Descartes did apply science, h...
clutter and entanglements with regular meditation is one of the most effective ways to maintain a healthy existence. "The basis o...
the dreaming argument is simply one concept that emanates from Descartes Meditations, but it has numerous theoretical implications...
Meditation, the three skeptical arguments are that one does not really know if he or she is dreaming, that one does not know wheth...
cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...
that can render a thought or a concept wrong. One can do a study one day to prove that cholesterol is bad, and then another day, a...
Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...
acknowledges that this is somewhat of a surprise, given that, since the 17th century, mysticism, science and healing have gone in ...
parables, or a book of varied quotes. As an example, in the Sixth Book he notes, "Do not ever conceive anything impossible to ma...
which he uses to argue that the senses are not based in the physical world. This is also supported by his argument that madmen may...
demands of the world, which are often overwhelming, and get back in touch with their inner selves. This paper is not a "how to" es...
basis, he reports that it enabled him to achieve a state that can only be described as transcendence, as TM, at this point in his ...
the Western tradition. This is because they combine powerful introspection with a radical desire for the discovery of truth that, ...
named Colonel Hourai Boum?di?ne told the Algerian people that it was the armys mission to defend the Algerian culture while at the...
had been in power for 10 months and reinstated President Kabbah ("Background Notes"). On July 7, 1999, President Kabbah and RUF ...
the Old World origins of their culture - but they were attracted to the nature of the New World" (Introduction to the History of G...