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Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...
questions that are not answered by the phrase "I think. Therefore I am." What if one does not think? Does that prove that he or sh...
some strategy that starts from other beliefs that we have. Inference, for example, is such a strategy. One might infer that it is ...
Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...
was able to peacefully initiate change on a massive scale. As a leader, he was able to organize, and thus had the ability to unit...
their Doubts, and to confirm them at last in a perfect Skepticism" (47). Locke...
(2000) presents his argument, his thesis, in stating that "I want to raise and examine the possibility that, however much we came ...
In five pages this report examines John Stuart Mill's assertion 'Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness...
The fundamental propositions of the science established in the Meditations go to physics, but while Descartes did apply science, h...
present impression, the sight of a flame, for instance, results in a causal relationship in the mind of the observer between flame...
He didnt believe that going to church necessarily related to a relationship with God. He felt that church almost got in the way o...
be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...
The concept of information warfare is not new, it has been around for centuries, while cyber-terrorism is new. Despite this the tw...
Up until the Reformation, the Protestant Revolution of the sixteenth century, to contradict the teachings of the Catholic Church w...
not a success. Methods of torture: Although it was infamous for it, the Spanish Inquisition didnt use torture very often, and whe...
European Renaissance occurred between the 14th and 17th centuries. It was a cultural movement with revelations in intellectual lif...
of his text The Story of Christianity, Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation. Justin Gonzalez discusses "The C...
Mission In this chapter, Justin Gonzalez elaborates further on the history of the early Christian church, as recorded in Acts, re...
5, "First Conflicts with the State," begins by pointing out that early Christianity had a violent beginning.i The first section ex...
Pliny and Trajan This is the first section of chapter 6, "Persecution in the Second Century," and it deals with the actions of Pl...
Lofty Criticism As mentioned in the previous chapter, due to the Roman policy towards Christianity throughout the second century ...
this chapter is on describing the variety of backgrounds and experience that informed early interpretations of the gospel message....
chapter by explaining that the writings of the apologists were all in response to specific topics, such as issues dealing with per...
of Early Christians Gonzalez begins this chapter by pointing out that surviving documents by the leaders of the church or those d...
Gonzalezs text, "The Great Persecution and the Final Victory," focuses on Christian persecution under Diocletian, which is charact...
Constantine, Chapter 13 From Rome to Constantinople: This section describes the rule of Constantine from his initial victory and ...
New Order, Chapter 26 The Barbarian Kingdoms: Gonzalez points out that while, the Roman perspective was that the invaders were si...
1: The Call for Reformation Justo L. Gonzalez begins chapter 1 of his text on Christian history, The Reformation to the Present D...
Chapter 2: Martin Luther: Pilgrimage to Reformation Martin Luther Justo Gonzalez begins his discussion of Luther by describing ho...
Chapter 3: Luthers Theology The Word of God In this chapter, Gonzalez picks up Luthers story in 1521, which is when he appeared b...