Essays 481 - 510
In five pages Aristotle's concept of happiness with an emphasis upon a life of contemplation is discussed. Five sources are cited...
first time Kant introduced the notion of the human mind as a creator of experience instead of merely a passive recipient (Immanuel...
to immigration reform, attacking affirmative action programs, welfare reform and tort reform (1996). Joshua Murachik, quoting Eliz...
Craving can also be related to karma, a karma consisting of bodily karma, vocal karma and mental karma, each defined below:...
Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...
believed that everything we had heard to the contrary from the Martin Luther Kings and the Roy Wilkinses and the Whiteny Youngs wa...
it, these are all abstractions on the concept of the apple in the first place. These notions could not be made without the immedi...
childhood, during his early life, Socrates was a sculptor, following in the footsteps of his father, Sophroniscus (Wikpedia, 2003)...
they do not understand. Rather, Kant persisted to probe related concepts, an endeavor that would prove extraordinary in the philos...
nature of human thought. Kants stance is extremely rational. However, some of his maxims prove to be unworkable in regards to ce...
psychologically, socially and linguistically. A good ECE program will focus on all of these areas. Children are also developing mo...
being more or less universally accepted, teachers tend to be reluctant to discuss character education and moral development (Richm...
in his approach, believing in a grand truth beyond our own reality (Eklor, 2003). By determining the basic component of life, Th...
did the so-called "technostructure" - the idea that technology can have an impact on the economy (Landry, 1998). Furthermo...
of moral responsibility, freedom of action, individual effort and aspiration" (Frost, 1962, p. 50). While a pure empiricist wou...
what is real and what is perceived, and the one is not dependent on the other. Naturalism states that it is the laws of nature whi...
must recognize that the consciousness (cit) is a separate phenomena which is present regardless of the presence or absence of stim...
a choice if deciding which way the world is swinging today, or always has. There is somewhat of a misconception that the world has...
They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...
nursing is based significantly more within the psychological components of the patient/caregiver relationship than most people rea...
science or subjects in the humanities do not. Both classic philosophy and modern philosophy seem to make political philosophy a qu...
reason (Kants Ethics, 2003). In his famous, Critique of Pure Reason, Kant "sought to answer the skepticism of empiricists like Hu...
(4.4.5-6) details how the law of karma determines the birth of the reincarnated soul (Pravrajika, 2001). Vedanta Hinduism views de...
from disease to non-disease to health. She argues that "This synthesized view incorporates disease as meaningful aspect of health...
doubt and thought. If he thinks, then he exists: at least, his mind exists, since what he knows of his body is dependent, again, o...
most fledgling state prior to stamping them from reality. Many theories have been presented to explain Hitlers actions but ...
In order to explore his general theory, it pays to look at his Second Treatise of Civil Government. It is rather compelling and ...
an almost detached amusement. He describes them rushing about, in a hurry to get to work and to work as hard as they can. However,...
their social philosophies interact with Austens novel. Sense and Sensibility "In an age which extolled the virtues of expressi...
It is further rather specific in that it notes particular parts of history which ultimately culminates in a state of communism (19...