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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...

84). However, Socrates is willing to concede that an individual can desire an evil thing if he mistakenly first evaluates it as go...

a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...

right or correct, or is there something about that action itself that God recognizes, and for this reason declares the action corr...

know as the scientific method, which is still used today for ascertaining reliable facts about the natural world. To accomplish hi...

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 ...

see the usefulness of your food donation, insofar as eating food will improve his health." And there is still yet another agreeabl...

In ten pages capital punishment is examined in terms of ethical acceptability with an attempt to arrive at a consensus through a c...

In five pages this essay considers right and wrong from Hobbes' 17th century perspectives and Ross's 20th century vantage point. ...

In a paper that contains four pages Aristotle's logic and employment of syllogism are heralded as being not only philosophically b...

In four pages this report examines subjective and objective morality from the perspective of David Hume. Two sources are cited in...

donor for their present child in need of a transplant (1990). To Kant, that was wrong and while other segments of society would be...

In seven pages and 2 parts this paper firs considers the perspectives of Anaximenes, Anaximander, and Thales and then examines Par...

In five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Rene Descartes and Plato in a consideration of the mind and the soul, which ...

In five pages this paper examines philosophy and the nature of religious faith as considered in Clark's 1997 text Philosophers Who...

In six pages this paper examines William James' philosophy of human nature with religion a primary focus. Four sources are cited ...

In five pages this paper considers what philosophers David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, and Plato have to say about the du...

In six pages this paper discusses the strengths and weaknesses of various philosophical theories with the utilitarianism of John S...

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 ...

actually been a supporter of revolution in the American colonies. Burke certainly believed in individual rights, but he stressed t...

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...

for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...

of these seemingly paradoxical perspectives on the nature of society and the role of the individual in society. Plato appears to ...

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...

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,...

philosophers and artists, and included figures such as Rousseau, Goethe, Hegel and Kant. One of the major elements of Romanticism ...