Essays 1171 - 1200
by Eastern religions. A "Master" discerns the attainment of religious enlightenment in his novices according to how a novice beh...
Camus relates the substance of the Greek myth and how Sisyphus was condemned to endlessly roll a rock up a hill in the underworld,...
of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...
Stuart Mill (1806-1873) Mill.htm). An advocate of this particular perspective, "Popper thought that both Mill and Comte were wrong...
lying promise is something that is said in order to achieve a favorable outcome. What if someone has a gun to the victims childs h...
when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." And, for 20th century Catholic theologian Josef Pieper (1904-97), Gods role in...
contributions to ethical and social theory" (Anonymous John Stuart Mill 1806-1873, 2002; MILL.HTM). In his work "Principles of ...
of the same) is "reason" rather than the self-conscious "I." One may then extend the concept from ethical ideas to morality, whic...
the old mans money to the poor. While he fears being found out, when he is, the people not only forgive him, but elect him their n...
(2000) presents his argument, his thesis, in stating that "I want to raise and examine the possibility that, however much we came ...
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...
on actions, then the argument would end there. Utilitarianism, therefore, is their effect on society and the world at large. Actio...
identifies Schopenhauers most distinctive contribution to philosophy as his "insistence that Will is more basic than thought to bo...
While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...
strive for bigger and better opportunities, to reach beyond what has become comfortable and consistent in order to attain that whi...
philosophy" was intent on raising philosophical debate above the aesthetic and theological interests which had held it captive for...
He sought not to try to make people feel any better about themselves or the world in which they lived aside from empowering them t...
done right and what potentially could go wrong, in the end one has to choose the model or models that most closely resemble ones o...
saying the above statement. The names change and the nature of the addiction changes with the substance, but the goal and reward ...
the reader into the oppressive world of slavery. Indeed, it was the authors desire to bring attention to the injustices faced by ...
human understanding. He saw the concept as being equated with something that exceeds any individual persons comprehension. Transce...
by way of recognition toward such shortcomings that humanity could overcome this "profound error" (Nehamas, 1994, p. 40), diligent...
their place of origin or starting language capabilities. Multiculturalism is a component of my educational philosophy because it ...
In order to have quality of life, the students father must be in such a frame of mind and body where life is a pleasure...
poets intended to discard the pompous idiom of eighteenth century verse, and to employ the real language of modern men and women -...
as an aspect of the sacred in secular life, this discussion will indicate how sociologists feel that the concept of the sacred fun...
In five pages this paper examines historical materialism, alienation, and other philosophical concepts as they are featured in The...
In six pages this paper discusses how the self reliance philosophy was conceptualized in a contrast and comparison of the perspect...
In five pages knowledge in terms of concept, foundation, and actual application as perceived by Russell is examined within the con...
the ultimate outcome of client and process; establish a comprehensible process of evaluation where expectations are not in questio...