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reason provides a means of discerning action that is "according to nature" (77). He also cites Augustine in stating that there are...

18). Harrison (2006) credits Aquinas as being the "major figure" in the reintroduction of Aristotelian concepts into Western cul...

One of the questions that has plagued theologians, Biblical scholars, philosophers and others has to do with God and evil. How can...

angels one sees in the Bible take on many different roles: they are forecasters, instructors, dictators, protectors, chastisers, s...

possess it?presumably "attribution of qualities like thankfulness, courage, and chastity" are ruled out (Geach 333). According to ...

In a paper consisting of eight pages the existence of God is predicated on philosophical as opposed to religious supporting argume...

any scientific evidence to prove that a higher power created the universe. It is, most likely, as with humans, a product of evolu...

In six pages this paper argues that a morally omnipotent and perfect God is not possible because of the existence of evil. Eight ...

Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is t...

believed deeply in the value of ethics as it related to humans in the natural world. His concept of forming an adequate ethical c...

that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...

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...

is a rather immense task that philosophers have been dealing with for quite some time. The fact that no one can know the answer f...

theme, in fact, throughout the book, as resentments continued to simmer). Peasants, for the most part, pretty much dont know they ...

than a man can do the same for God, if there is a God. In essence, if God exists then God is a being that is capable of creating a...

broke the argument down in a much easier argument (Palmer, 2002). Descartes began with the premise that God is the only being who ...

and a posterior arguments here, there is a priori knowledge of Gods existence but that knowledge is beyond human understanding. In...

from the Appearances of Nature (Beebe, 2002). In this text, Paley wrote: There cannot be design without a designer; contrivance wi...

This itself is also likely to have been influenced by the long Peloponnesian war in which Plato himself was involved. Different me...

like the male philosophers of the day. She was the exception. While by and large, the people saw women as having a subservient pla...

human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...

In seven pages this report examines Utilitarianism and the ethics of Immanuel Kant in a comparison of the rational and moral views...

has likely already noted that . Bracken (1996) suggests that what is missing from Aquinass argument is a distinction between per...

In ten pages this paper discusses the evolution of the concept of rights in a consideration of ideals and the interpretations of T...

A devout person will say that he or she "sees" "God in all things" (Hodges 101). This person is referring to an act of "intuitive ...

did. He punished Adam and Eve for disobeying Him. As one pastor reminds us: "The Bible says that God will hold us accountable for ...

born a Jew and lived under the Jewish law and system (Galatians 4:4). * Jesus life was characterized by service and humility (Phil...

The Dominicans were like the Franciscans in that they were a mendicant order wherein the friars "vowed to live faithfully in pover...

choice of Adam and Eve to disobey Gods commandment (Law, 2007). According to Augustine, their acts brought about two crucial conse...