Essays 1861 - 1890
of the cell in response to the light furnished by the microscope, while other structures attended to their biochemical duties that...
wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...
retrieve the document, hed go to a directory kept on "a Publius-affiliated Web site" and then the "network itself would do the wor...
and religious background and beliefs, as well as how the health/illness continuum works within the framework of their life. "Env...
it from a cavalry captain," etc. (Voltaire, 1995, p. 9). This "genealogy," also subtly parodies the numerous "beget" clauses of t...
cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...
and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...
In the context of a greater philosophy perhaps, a philosopher says what he thinks. Yet, he is unwittingly part of a grand plan. Wh...
that created a chasm between the haves and the "have nots." With people working for the government, and each getting an equal stip...
modification, which dispels ignorance" (Mohanty, 2001). When we cognize we abate ignorance....
and "advisors" were, in many ways, far more powerful than the aristocrat holding office. Machiavelli himself was such a creature ...
challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...
the effects of "Original Sin" (Hundersmarck 133). While Machiavelli agreed with this stance, he did not do so because of theology....
that the morality of choice is based on the greater good. The saying, "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" arise...
and that is that it enables both freedom and necessity to coexist; it favors an ethical reliance on moral deterrence without brini...
address the problems of individualism in our contemporary society. While Wests "Race Matters" makes a frontal attack on these pro...
arguments these days is that one would not want a physician operating on one when the physician is using marijuana on his off hour...
the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctrine of virtue. This is also further subdivided...
philosophical thought begs to differ. In the pre-Plato period, for example, the prevailing belief was that pleasure was immediate ...
living" (Plato Crito 18-19). II. ABORTION To reach true happiness, Plato believed people must strive for a contentment tha...
their anxiety in significantly negative ways. Diversity in the type of sport is yet another critical consideration when it comes ...
truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was...
stronger. The authors make no comment on whether any of the individuals were concerned about becoming dependent on their pa...
to is none other than that of the Romantic period. The person who considered himself a romantic, too, would question some of life...
the mind" then "no physical thing exists outside the mind" (McGreal 252). Third, primary qualities such as solidity, extension, sh...
(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...
This research paper examines Kant's philosophy of transcendental deduction, with a specific focus on the transcendental unity of a...
Woody Guthries and Henry Fondas careers, and many current land- and water-use policies in the western United States. Ideas, even b...
were distinguished in the nineteenth century with the "natural" sciences. To a great degree, James was attempting to create and/...
of his better known works "The Social Contract", he discusses issues involved in radical or republican thought regarding the human...