YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :A Historical Overview of Philosophy
Essays 1951 - 1980
Victorinus by Plato. This seems to have moved Augustine from the point of simply musing about immortality into an assurance about ...
be studied scientifically in order to derive the most rational, economic and efficient means of administering policy. The form is...
also believed in one realm. Spinoza writes: "By God, I mean a Being absolutely infinite -- that is, a substance consisting in inf...
teachers beliefs, principles, convictions and interpretation of reality are all pertinent. They influence the students and so it i...
This researech paper offers a comprehensive examination of the ideas that preceded the American Revolution, such as the concepts p...
consumerism bred upon itself (Finkelstein, 2004). It attracted mainly young men who were educated by the state "into believing in...
subject of forms. While Plato held a dual realms theory, Aristotle saw form and matter as existing in the same realm. In discussi...
womens lives were a measurement in comparison to these male priorities and values. The life of a woman, in other words, was that ...
was always important within my family, and therefore my father taught me Latin and many ancient languages (Bair 2003). School bor...
are nothing more than a type of achievement test which primarily measures knowledge of standard English and exposure to the cultur...
economic system. In other words, this economic liberalism (also known as neo-liberalism) claims that markets function best when th...
non-hypothetical, because she is operating on the belief that non-hypothetical and imperatives cannot co-exist. This would seem to...
used frequently, under a number of definitions and toward a multiplicity of areas, from art to literature. After establishing wha...
concept of viewing Nature as if for the first time, as a child does, is also emphasized, because Emerson believes that the end of ...
and bring the concept back to reality, most people know someone who gets wonderful grades in school, but does not have a lick of c...
hospital quite naturally is concerned about the cost of continuing to provide care for Andrew, but it can be assured that there is...
However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...
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...
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...
challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...
and that is that it enables both freedom and necessity to coexist; it favors an ethical reliance on moral deterrence without brini...
between the patient and physician (technology, caring and values) are always present but may differ in balance. In addition, the r...
cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...
philosophical thought begs to differ. In the pre-Plato period, for example, the prevailing belief was that pleasure was immediate ...
Marcel, Heidegger, Aristotle and Kant(Thompson 1981). Ricoeur believes that in order to get to the bottom line, which is to know o...
the quest for atman , the knowledge of the self" emerged (Hinduism History, 2005). This took place between 400 B.C. and 600 A.D. (...
his own observation and experience" (Hume). In other words, an old dog, due to his experience, knows the rabbit will double back. ...
in Eriksons stages. Each has two names: Trust vs. Mistrust; Autonomy vs. Shame; Initiative vs. Guilt; Industry vs. Inferiority; Id...