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Essays 1741 - 1770
Camus relates the substance of the Greek myth and how Sisyphus was condemned to endlessly roll a rock up a hill in the underworld,...
Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...
did the so-called "technostructure" - the idea that technology can have an impact on the economy (Landry, 1998). Furthermo...
to immigration reform, attacking affirmative action programs, welfare reform and tort reform (1996). Joshua Murachik, quoting Eliz...
childhood, during his early life, Socrates was a sculptor, following in the footsteps of his father, Sophroniscus (Wikpedia, 2003)...
In twenty pages this paper examines Great Britain's post compulsory education from political, cultural, and socioeconomic perspect...
texts The Republic and Crito, Plato learned his lessons well. In both works, Plato theorizes what justice is through deductive re...
In five pages this paper examines pessimism and whether or not optimism exists in this philosophical consideration of Voltaire, Sc...
This paper examines the true meaning of the very vague word, good. The author points out that the word has two separate and unique...
In five pages Descartes' Second Meditation is explored in terms of his analysis of what the perception of melting beeswax would be...
of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...
While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...
strive for bigger and better opportunities, to reach beyond what has become comfortable and consistent in order to attain that whi...
This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...
will a universal law" (Immanuel Kant). In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can ...
Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is t...
not merely things to be used to reach ones goal, but are sentient beings with worth beyond measure. The golden rule may be interp...
but in those areas where the student was lagging a remediation course was offered in-house for the student. This seems logical, si...
corporate, organized around a concept of ultimate reality" (9). The reality conjured by these beliefs, actions and experiences ca...
a certain set of circumstances, and that would not be acceptable as a moral guide. B) Consider a new law that requires people wit...
people must strive for a knowledge that only comes from being true to ones own choice. According to Plato, men and women both hav...
who waste time believing or fearing that which is untrue could not possibly be calm or contemplative; as such, they could change t...
would come about as a natural consequence of romanticism ("Romanticism," 2005). For example, romantic music inspired nationalist t...
This paper discusses the 'realistic' value of realism in a theoretical comparison with nationalism, Marxism, and liberalism consis...
however, is preliminary, a basic orientation, if you will, before settling down to discussing the books main argument, which conce...
In this way, Buddhism became accessible to all, and was able to develop the concept of community which...
Rosenzweig began to struggle with his beliefs regarding Judaism as a young adult. He serious...
Even in the absence of hard and fast codes of ethics such as those that exist for some professions, there are certain basic guidel...
human understanding. He saw the concept as being equated with something that exceeds any individual persons comprehension. Transce...
(Kemerling, 2002). Lacking professional teacher training, Socrates elected to do some "free-wheeling" by partaking of spirited di...