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Twenty First Century Philosophy

representation of the need to break free, the Enlightenment of the twenty-first century will, too, represent a philosophic movemen...

Philosopher and Mathematician Pythagoras

In fifteen pages Pythagoras' life and his contributions to science, mathematics, and philosophy are discussed. There are 6 source...

Organizational Management and Philosophies of Chester I. Barnard

In a paper consisting of fourteen pages the early 20th century organizational management theorist Chester I. Barnard is considered...

U.S. Constitution and the Economic Interpretation of Charles Beard

In five pages the ways in which Beard interpreted the American Constitution economically are examined and includes a discussion of...

The Accomplishments and Importance of Emperor Justinian

This paper outlines the contributions and impact Justinian I had on later societies. The author addresses famine, hardships, poli...

Methodology Development of IS

In seventeen pages with the inclusion of an outline this paper discusses various methodologies that can be utilized in the develop...

Nursing Philosophies of Betty Newman and Jean Watson

their roles. As a result, there is a need to temper the actions of the nurse in the carative environment with a recognition of th...

Mechanical Philosophy's Changes and Important Elements

dominated by Aristotelianism (McMullen, 2002). Due to the dominance of Aristotelianism, the idea of mechanical philosophy did not...

Language and Understanding the World

language can prove to be difficult when seeking to correlation language and the development of a wider understanding of the world ...

Religion According to Martin Heidegger

between knowing a subject and that object of thought and he presents this as an artificial distinction in that the object that one...

A Mock-Autobiography of Carl Jung

was always important within my family, and therefore my father taught me Latin and many ancient languages (Bair 2003). School bor...

Leo Strauss on Political Philosophy

science or subjects in the humanities do not. Both classic philosophy and modern philosophy seem to make political philosophy a qu...

B.F. Skinner and William James

prominent philosopher, Carl Lange, was coining his own version of that theory. The resulting combination became known as the Jame...

Montessori Method: Children Develop At Their Own Pace

Each child is unique and develops at his own pace, an important realization adults must understand to keep from imposing undue pre...

An Annotated Bibliography of Othello

the idea of honor is clearly that of Othello for his focus in the entire play has been on his own honor, which is why he killed hi...

Nature of Siva in Hindu Myth

This paper is in outline form and pertains to literature promoting understanding of the nature of the god Siva in Hinduism. ...

Nietzsche and Plato, Views on Socrates

This essay pertain to the way Plato and Nietzsche perceived the character and philosophy of Socrates. Seven pages in length, five ...

Drug Law Philosoophy

background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...

Belief and Knowledge According to Plato

of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...

Life and Writings of Plato

his writings (Levinson x). Socrates would continue to dominate Platos personal and professional lives for years to come, and woul...

Knowledge, Sensation, Plato and Rene Descartes

also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...

Socrates to John Dewey on Education

words, "how does one KNOW that this is the truth". Most of Socrates teaching took place on the steps of a Lyceum, much like an a...

Worldly Circumstance and Moral Worth

wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...

Public Administration Evolution

be studied scientifically in order to derive the most rational, economic and efficient means of administering policy. The form is...

Looking at Empiricism and Rationalism

also believed in one realm. Spinoza writes: "By God, I mean a Being absolutely infinite -- that is, a substance consisting in inf...

Philosophy and Metaphysics

human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...

Nursing and Knowledge

led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...

Aristotle and Plato on Knowledge

subject of forms. While Plato held a dual realms theory, Aristotle saw form and matter as existing in the same realm. In discussi...

Unity, Being, and Becoming According to the Philosophers

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...

Aristotle and Plato Critiquing Education

as people do want to know things and understand (1995). Both theorists do view education as important and place a particular empha...