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top the list. The Catholic Church is often quoted as having said, "Give me a child until he is seven and he will always be Catholi...

on Edmund Burkes Philosophy, 2002). * The traditions therefore which evolve from the life of a nation have a real purpose and usef...

was born in Akron, Ohio and would one day be considered as "the most significant philosopher to have written in English in the sec...

Conceptions of Virtue). Furthermore, it was Plato who argued that love was the essential ingredient in the good life because love...

rich this indicates why he sees a democracy as a deviant state as it is argued that the poor will be the dominant influence on the...

the fomentation of rebellion, and to encourage individuals to occupy themselves with private rather than state matters. He saw it ...

pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...

human senses can be mislead. This is seen when there are individuals close and far away, with the difference in size seen by the e...

states that the liberal view of law includes a wealth maximization which can be said to embrace normative economic theory than Mar...

of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...

reasons why Mill make this assertion at the close of his argument lie within the work itself. In chapter III, Mill puts worth two ...

Mad Love, Breton attempts to accomplish the impossible - to textually recreate the basic emotions of passion and desire, which mov...

may appear as a primary concept, it has been met with great hostility, with critics contending that dialogue apart from justice is...

discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...

being proper, of conforming to contemporary uses and customs. These rules extend to practically every aspect of our lives. There...

not apply. First, the tragic hero is supposed to be a combination of good and bad traits. Othello is a Moorish commander who has...

that sensible things mean those items or realities that can be perceived by the senses of a human being. Philonous states the foll...

Rawls, these individuals have what he calls "two moral powers" and explains these in the following manner: (1) One such power is t...

event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...

This paper will also analyze whether Tacitus was correct in his belief that judiciary freedom was ruined in the presence of the em...

taking a life to save two hardly ever arises. How can these outlandish case studies and extreme concepts be applied to administrat...

contributions to ethical and social theory" (Anonymous John Stuart Mill 1806-1873, 2002; MILL.HTM). In his work "Principles of ...

when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." And, for 20th century Catholic theologian Josef Pieper (1904-97), Gods role in...

Machiavelli had been imprisoned by the opposing Medici and he saw how the conflict between politicians can destroy what issues are...

of color to drawing (2002). The economy of statement had been seen to be in line with keeping with the new severity of taste (20...

audience" (66). The reversal refers to a reversal in fortune, which Aristotle believed was classically represented in a fall from...

persons subconscious thoughts. Dreams harbor the repression of ones unconscious personality characteristics, a theory many ...

to combine rational and irrational, and accept it in ones life (Epictetus, 2004). Throughout his first published book Discourses, ...

and Aristotle are philosophers who discuss virtue. Yet, Yu (1998) claims that when it comes to virtue, neither Aristotle or Confu...

compels one to draw all attention to this one object - to the preclusion of all else, which is most often intrinsically associated...