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Beauty, the Sublime, Immanuel Kant, and Edmund Burke

and Kant. While both of these men had many critics, they raised points which even critics contended were worthy of the discussion...

Government and the State, Good and Evil, and the Individual According to Philosophers Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

from mans knowledge of truth; Aristotle believed that all men pursued happiness which came not from wealth but from contemplation ...

Chuang Tzu and Socrates on State Obedience versus Self Interest

own life? Not all philosophers would agree with the path he ultimately chose. First, it is important to keep in mind that practi...

David Hume and Immanuel Kant on Freedom of the Will

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

Philosophers of the Romantic Age

philosophers and artists, and included figures such as Rousseau, Goethe, Hegel and Kant. One of the major elements of Romanticism ...

19th and 20th Century Philosophies of John Dewey, Bertrand Russell, and Richard Rorty

Each criticized the foundationalist approach advocated by Russell. Rorty (1989, 87), for example, insisted:...

Christianity and Religion According to On Liberty and A Letter Concerning Toleration

of itself, is not the end of the line in relation to the state of religious toleration, inasmuch as its very definition is that of...

Richard Rorty and Immanuel Kant on Truth

are told, when will others in the same position known if they are being told the truth, or will they assume the worse, harming hum...

Ideologies of Machiavelli, Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle on Democratic Rule

of the United States. Without the philosophies of those that lived in the centuries prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence...

Dennis Bonnette's Origin Of The Human Species

In a paper consisting of seven pages the philosopher Bonnette is compared with Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle in the contention that...

Locke vs. Descartes on Mind and Body

there is noting upon which the beliefs of an individual may be based and built or expanded upon. Descartes Meditations It is in "...

Religious Thought v. the Enlightenment

challenge to, the assertions of Jonathan Edwards. Ben Franklins autobiography is also characteristic of Enlightenment thought whi...

Law and Karl Marx's Economic Interpretation

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

Calvinism Genesis of Capitalism

The entitled topic represents one part of this paper, which discusses four philosophers. Weber proved his point that Calvinism pla...

Neoplatonism of the High Medieval Period

In four pages this paper examines Neoplatonism and is compared with the contemporary New Age Movement with the debate between Musl...

Government Views of Thomas Hobbes and Niccolo Machiavelli Compared

In twenty pages this report compares the views of government espoused by each of these influential pollitical philosophers. Nine ...

Philosophical Perspectives of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

In ten pages this trio of philosophers and their philosophies are contrasted and compared. Ten sources are cited in the bibliogra...

Chinese Philosophers Hsun Tzu, Mencius, and Confucius on Ethical Behavior

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the perspectives of these ancient Chinese philosophers on ethical behavior. Six so...

Original Position and Difference Principle of John Rawls

principles are finally agreed to" (145). He argues that people who possess a "sense of justice" would have a desire to live accor...

Life and Man Viewed Across the Cultural Divide

Aristotle, Native Indian and Hindu philosophers had varying philosophies of life and the nature of man. This essay compares Aristo...

Virtue as Perceived by Epictetus and Aristotle

In five pages this essay contrasts and compares the views of these ancient philosophers regarding the patience virtue. There are ...

Max Weber and George Herbert Mead

In three pages this paper contrasts and compares American psychologist and philosopher George Herbert Mead with German social hist...

Rene Descartes, Aristotle, and Plato on Reality and the Soul

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how this trio of philosophers perceived the soul and reality in a consideration of...

Philosophical Similarities of Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates

(Saxonhouse, 1998). This is something thought not to lead to violence, but rather to a profound gentleness (Saxonhouse, 1998). In ...

Detailed Analysis of Plato's Cave Allegory

(Washington State University, 2004). Plato asserts that our perceptions are essentially "shadows" of real objects. In ot...

Comparison of Aristotle and Plato's Views with Sophist Perspectives

What comes out of a courtroom is not necessarily truth, but which side argues best. The Sophists prided themselves on the use of p...

Plato's "Crito" and "Apology"/Augustine's Confessions

This essay focuses on Plato's use of dialogue in his "Apology" and "Crito," and Augustine's use of the monologue in his "Confessio...

Plato's Gorgias and Phaedrus

This essay pertains to Plato's perception of rhetoric and the role of eros, as indicated by his texts Gorgias and Phaedrus. Five p...

The Theory of Forms and Parmenides' Change

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at Plato's theories of Forms. Parmenides' views on change provide a counterpoint. Paper ...

Bacon and Plato - An Analysis

In a paper of thirteen pages, the writer looks at classical texts by Francis Bacon and Plato. The allegory of the cave and the fou...