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Essays 1831 - 1860
the difference between being able to browse in a bookstore, with no restraint, and being told what one can read or say or think. ...
might Descartes for example deal with the problem? A student writing on this subject will want to point out that the primary dilem...
In six pages the media coverage of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks is evaluated in terms of ethics and then applies the p...
This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...
what one wants, and visualizing it, that one will eventually be free from the gnawing desire. This is true either through attainme...
or sight) was subjected to each individuals standards of judgment. Whereas concrete facts were not changeable or subject to ones i...
lived in a society where multifetal pregnancy reduction was a socially acceptable alternative to the numerous fetuses produced by ...
conclusions. Most logical claims can be refuted. Thus, logic in some way is not much better than perception. At least, one can say...
of dressing appropriately for the formal work environment. What if you long for the outdoors and physical activity? It is a clich?...
that Piaget didnt recognize that children could learn from their environment, however. Indeed, Piagets work reinforced the common...
and their duty, and allowing them to share the advantages of education and government with man," which Wollstonecraft indicates wi...
considered his philosophy to be heresy. Abbey (2004) notes that the work which gained Diderot the charge of disseminating pornogr...
childhood, during his early life, Socrates was a sculptor, following in the footsteps of his father, Sophroniscus (Wikpedia, 2003)...
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...
Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...
did the so-called "technostructure" - the idea that technology can have an impact on the economy (Landry, 1998). Furthermo...
to immigration reform, attacking affirmative action programs, welfare reform and tort reform (1996). Joshua Murachik, quoting Eliz...
believed that everything we had heard to the contrary from the Martin Luther Kings and the Roy Wilkinses and the Whiteny Youngs wa...
a certain set of circumstances, and that would not be acceptable as a moral guide. B) Consider a new law that requires people wit...
would come about as a natural consequence of romanticism ("Romanticism," 2005). For example, romantic music inspired nationalist t...
This paper discusses the 'realistic' value of realism in a theoretical comparison with nationalism, Marxism, and liberalism consis...
who waste time believing or fearing that which is untrue could not possibly be calm or contemplative; as such, they could change t...
people must strive for a knowledge that only comes from being true to ones own choice. According to Plato, men and women both hav...
however, is preliminary, a basic orientation, if you will, before settling down to discussing the books main argument, which conce...
Rosenzweig began to struggle with his beliefs regarding Judaism as a young adult. He serious...
In this way, Buddhism became accessible to all, and was able to develop the concept of community which...
texts The Republic and Crito, Plato learned his lessons well. In both works, Plato theorizes what justice is through deductive re...
what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity and humanitys understanding of what knowledge truly is. In a comparison of...
In five pages this paper examines pessimism and whether or not optimism exists in this philosophical consideration of Voltaire, Sc...
In five pages Descartes' Second Meditation is explored in terms of his analysis of what the perception of melting beeswax would be...