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Essays 451 - 480
what it is that you "can do," and then doing that for the good of the group - in this case the city. The unification of the virtu...
In ten pages this paper applies the metaphysical tradition to an analysis of Existentialism and Basic Writings by Friedrich Nietzs...
Knowledge is true judgment. Socrates and Theatetus are talking about the nature of knowledge. Theatetus suggests that mathematic...
are on their own at school; however, the soiree does not last long once law enforcement officials find out those who are imbibing ...
The most important characteristics of Platos concept of human nature revolve around freedom of will and ones existence. People ha...
is great interest. Plato looks at all of these things in his book The Republic. In Book I, justice is discussed and it is deemed ...
without knowing that something solid existed humanity would not see or comprehend anything but shadows. When shown that the world ...
tutelage of Peter of Ireland to study logic and natural sciences (Kennedy, 2006; McKerny, 2002). It was there that he first met me...
cast them as slaves of the elite. This action of stripping an individuals inherent rights as a human being can be nothing other t...
so that his assets could be pro-created and he could be put to death. Will Socrates did refuse the request, he simply went home ra...
as it moves form lower life forms towards more perfect higher forms that are capable of varying degrees of intelligence and ration...
prove the existence of God, which he considered to be self-evident. Aquinas said that when we are not able to demonstrate the caus...
those who would do evil. Augustine couched his ideas on government within his concept of two cities, an earthly city and a city o...
property, and divine or eternal laws (Gasser, 2007). They did not necessarily agree but they both offered views on what we can ref...
of education during Maos command proved extremely difficult to achieve, inasmuch as the entire education system crumbled and the w...
Hobbes believed that people, when left to their own governance, that is, without official laws and government, live in continual...
truth that transcends the traditional means of understanding or knowing. For Aquinas, reason does have limitations. He writes: "N...
choice of Adam and Eve to disobey Gods commandment (Law, 2007). According to Augustine, their acts brought about two crucial conse...
and a posterior arguments here, there is a priori knowledge of Gods existence but that knowledge is beyond human understanding. In...
himself how to act in every given circumstance; in addition, each person would be "judge, jury and executioner" of any disputes th...
This essay offers evaluation of how conceptualization of the self changed over the centuries, using the works of Vergil, Hobbes an...
he could grasp with his own intellect, what he could actually perceive by his own senses, and what a trustworthy person told him. ...
that the tendency to engage in wars is a human invention, and that the inevitable result of innate human tendencies or instincts. ...
Freedom is cherished the world over. Not all that cherish freedom, however, actually have it. Unfortunately, there is often an i...
with one another and with figures of authority in order to maximize the best interests of each individual. When left without a cen...
Psychiatry is a relatively new discipline yet its roots can be traced back to philosophers such...
In ten pages this paper discusses the evolution of the concept of rights in a consideration of ideals and the interpretations of T...
In 5 pages this paper examines social order within the context of the hierarchical cosmology concept of Thomas Aquinas. Four sour...
In seven pages this paper examines the social contract in concept and incorporates the philosophical views of Thomas Hobbes and Jo...
In six pages Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes and Second Treatise of Civil Government by John Locke are discussed in an examination of h...