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for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...
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...
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...
this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...
Nozicks Theory of Justice presents a strong argument for the libertarian view. This view honors property rights, that is, that in...
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 ...
discoveries of this philosopher? Has this person made a significant contribution that has led to the discovery or founding of some...
see the usefulness of your food donation, insofar as eating food will improve his health." And there is still yet another agreeabl...
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 ...
with the absolute. Nagarjuna disagreed with this sense of absolutism. Nagarjuna philosophy can also be distinguished from mainst...
Hence, it is not unexpected that philosophers throughout the ages have also had different thoughts on freedom. While many people,...
considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...
philosophers and artists, and included figures such as Rousseau, Goethe, Hegel and Kant. One of the major elements of Romanticism ...
a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...
know as the scientific method, which is still used today for ascertaining reliable facts about the natural world. To accomplish hi...
right or correct, or is there something about that action itself that God recognizes, and for this reason declares the action corr...
84). However, Socrates is willing to concede that an individual can desire an evil thing if he mistakenly first evaluates it as go...
In fifteen pages Pythagoras' life and his contributions to science, mathematics, and philosophy are discussed. There are 6 source...
This text is analyzed in a paper consisting of five pages which considers how in economics capitalism prevailed over communism. T...
someone unfamiliar with the field of economics. The works which are introduced range from the earliest economic thought found in...
In eight pages Jean Jacques Rousseau's life and times are examined. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography....
In six pages this paper examines morality as represented by utilitarianism and as conceptualized by philosophers including Carol G...
In ten pages this paper discusses how contrary to popular opinion Nietzsche actually supports rather than rejects the man's need f...
This paper consists of eight pages and considers the injustice of the trial Socrates received in an attempt to determine whether o...
In five pages this paper discusses Berkeley's notion that beyond perception nothing exists. There is 1 source listed in the bibli...
if it is taken outside of the context of societal situations. For Nozick, justice is more clearly a function of societal roles a...
In five pages this paper examines how Plato described Socrates' trial and death in his dialogues Phaedo, Crito, Apology, and Euthy...
In nine pages this paper examines the social utopia presided over by a philosopher king as described by Plato in The Republic. Th...