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Summaries of Plato's Dialogues Phaedo, Crito, Apology, and Euthyphro

pious is to act like him, and not tolerate any ill act. Socrates wants more detail. Euthyphro says that what pleases the gods is ...

Defending Plato's 'Republic' with a New 'Apology'

In this paper of fifteen pages it is Plato that is accused of treason in this new version of 'Apology' and must defend himself aga...

Plato's 'Symposium' and Dante's 'Inferno'

In five pages the theme of love is considered within the context of these authors and their tales. Three sources are cited in the...

Man's Soul and God Contemplated in Philosophy Essays

In three pages philosophers Hume, Descartes, and Aristotle are applied to the concepts of man's nature, the existence of God, and ...

God's Existence 'First Cause' Argument Invalidation

In nine pages this paper presents the 'First Cause' concept and analytically proves it to be invalid with references made to the t...

Philosophy Defined

In ten pages this paper examines what philosophy represents as considered in Philosophy The Quest For Truth by Louis R. Pojman a...

The Enlightenment in America by Ernest Cassara

In five pages this text is examined in a discussion of enlightenment philosophy as represented by Rousseau, Hume, and Locke. Ther...

What Does Empiricism Teach About The Relationship Between Appearance And Reality?

awareness of the moment at hand and draws attention to the fleeting nature of existence that unifies all things. "The ideas of Se...

Ideas about Peace and War

theories abound, and this idea actually seemingly did spark speculation about other black leaders deaths, it seems that at the ver...

Locke and Hume on Knowledge

do believe that knowledge comes from testing, such as in science, and has little to do with experience. This is because experience...

Bertrand Russell's View of Knowledge

experiential knowledge is correct? David Humes ideas about knowledge are very powerful. He held that people acquire beliefs about ...

Philosophical Concepts

of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...

Contingent A Priori Truths

or observation. For example we can only argue that the mans eyes are blue by looking at his eyes. Here we have a statement that ne...

History, Human Nature, and Psychology

the other; and, the law of contrast which is opposite the law of similarity where one thing or event may trigger or associate itse...

Philosophers Compared and Contrasted

The problem which arose was that if the mind generates all perception, then is our understanding of something "real", meaning of t...

Case Study Analysis and the Philosophies of John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant

In five pages a case study involving whether or not to have a baby or have an abortion is examined in an application of the theori...

Iron Giant Cartoon, Humanity, Personal Choices, and the Philosophies of David Hume, William Blake, and John Locke

giant metal man falling into the sea. Hogarth is the only one that believes him and rushes away to search in likely places for the...

Examining Suicide from a Fresh Perspective

suicide ideation is often aligned with a lack of clear thinking. Thus, suicide should not be prohibited or encouraged, but rather ...

Hume and Descartes Compared

at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...

Carl L. Becker's Rejection of Popular Eighteenth-Century Philosophers

the chance to break free from such constraints. The global society was ready for a tremendous change in direction following the t...

Cartesian Rationalism from a Critical Viewpoint

experience, will readily be admitted with regard to such objects, as we remember to have once been altogether unknown to us..." (A...

The Extent to Which Assumptions are Used in the Decision Making Process

wet because a toddler had an "accident" or there is blood everywhere because someone was murdered. Clearly, the bed might have bee...

Infant Mortality

account for there reversal in the infant mortality rates seen since the 1980s. This paper will look at the patterns and trend in...

The Likely Effects Of E-Commerce On The Future Of Book Publishing

issues may still have the potential for a very large impact. The idea of the e-book is that a book may be bought in electronic f...

Supermarket Project Case Study

target demographic and the running costs could increased substantially where there is a very low rate of unemployment and labour c...

Organizational Change

been present in older civilizations such as the ancient Greek or Chinese societies (Haralambos and Holborn, 2004, Bilton et al, 20...

Introducing Profit Centers into a University

In addition to this there needs to be a system of transfer prices introduced (Young, 2008) where one school (such as the business ...

Thoreau/Nature Essays

imposed boundaries. He asks, "What sort of a country is that where the huckleberry fields are private property? When I pass such f...

Comparing Synoptic Gospels with Plato's The Republic A COMPARISON OF: THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO AND THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS

knowledge which is only knowable and obtainable without the aide of the senses. Secondly, the Synoptic Gospels speak as Christ b...

What Role Does Intent Play In Determining Ethical Behavior

incorporate personal and sometimes selfish considerations into the process of ethical determinations, but this does not negate the...