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Freedom Concept and Martin Heidegger

In five pages this paper examines freedom and its contradictions as conceptualized by German philosopher Martin Heidegger. Four s...

The Life and Times of Empedocles

This paper examines the life and teachings of ancient Greek philosopher, scientist, poet, and physician, Empedocies. This three p...

Death Penalty and the Views of Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, David Hume, and Plato

In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...

Virtue, Justice, and the Common Good According to St. Thomas Aquinas

In seven pages this paper discusses how this preeminent religious philosopher defined virtue, justice, and the common good. One s...

Hypothetical Conversation Between Rene Descartes and David Hume

and change. He did not perceive the world as having changed greatly, but instead perceived the same world in a much different lig...

Inequality Origins and the Philosophies of Jean Jacques Rousseau and Karl Marx

In five pages this paper discusses human nature and the origins of inequality as viewed by philosophers Karl Marx and Jean Jacques...

Saul Kripke's Philosophical Propositions

In five pages this paper examines the connections with 'a posteriori' and 'a priori' knowledge, contingent truth and necessary tru...

Good Marriage According to J.S. Mill

In five pages this paper examines The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill in order to determine how the philosopher conceptual...

Controversy and Kudos -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

One of England's foremost poet and philosopher-critic during the Romantic Movement, Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote some of the grea...

Comparison of Spinoza and Hume

was that pleasure was immediate gratification but the greater good would be realized by a life lived based on principles as the go...

Fear and Trembling by Soren Kierkegaard

by Kierkegaard as the individual who lives in response to God, no matter what appearances may be. As an example of the Knight of F...

Philosophies and Democracy

In five pages the statement 'Democracy is not a mechanical device, it is, rather, a living organism that can only flourish in cert...

Harm Principle of John Stuart Mill

be viewed as a doctrine where the useful is good and the determining consideration of right conduct should be the usefulness of it...

The Views on God, Religion, and Philosophy as Glimpsed by Bonaventure, Aquinas, and Augustine

else can be expected but that creatures (angelic, human, and the rest) are also one as emanating from God. Dont say "creating" si...

British Politics and Constitution According to Hippolyte Taine

In 5 pages this paper examines how the French philosopher perceived the politics and Constitution of Great Britain. There are 7 s...

Falsification Theories of Karl Popper

In fifteen pages Karl Popper's 1934 The Logic of Scientific Theory is examined in terms of the proof and falsification theories de...

Happiness and the Existentialism of Friedrich Nietzsche

In five pages this paper examines what conditions the German philosopher established pertaining to the human need for happiness as...

Civil Disobedience and Socrates

In five pages this paper examines the justifiability of civil disobedience in a consideration of several philosophers and theori...

A Historical Overview of Philosophy

This paper examines the history of philosophy and philosophers. The author discusses key figures in philosophy such as Aristotle,...

Analysis of Alesdair MacIntyre's Marxism and Christianity

philosopher considering religion must approach the subject open minded and willing to develop ideas and attract much criticism, fo...

Good and Evil Differences in Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche

In five pages this paper examines how in Genealogy of Morals philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche examines the differences that exist b...

Debates During the Eighteenth Century Age of Enlightenment

with the fall of man and the origin of sin was metaphorical rather than literal. Not surprisingly, such thinking was considered b...

School Prayer and the Perspectives of Socrates, Henry David Thoreau, and Martin Luther King Jr.

In 5 pages this paper examines the reactions to public school prayer by this trio of social philosophers and what advice each woul...

Interpreting Mysticism With Bertrand Russell and Alan Watts

In a paper consisting of five pages perceptions and interpretations of mysticism by these philosophers and differeng approaches to...

A Philosophy Basic Overview

In this paper consisting of twenty pages questions regarding such influential philosophers as Robert Nozick, Mary Daly, the Stoics...

Similarities and Differences Between Ideology and Religion

In five pages this paper discusses ideology and religion in a consideration of similarities and differences with Karl Marx and Soc...

Max Weber and George Herbert Mead

In three pages this paper contrasts and compares American psychologist and philosopher George Herbert Mead with German social hist...

Socrates, Crito, and Euthyphro

In seven pages this paper considers the great philosopher Socrates' dialogues with Crito and Euthyphro and the accusations that ha...

Crito, Euthyphro, and Socrates

In eight pages this report examines Socrates from several perspectives including his discussion of issues with Crito and Euthyphro...

Socrates, Euthyphro and Crito

In eight pages this report examines Socrates' dialogues with Crito and Euthyphro and also examines the accusations against him in ...