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Reality and Knowledge and Descartes and Berkeley

think, therefore I am" (Frost 2550. From this Descartes reasoned a body of ideas that he did not believe could be disputed, as th...

Man Philosophically Defined

going to equal seven. He states in his Mediations on First Philosophy: "SEVERAL years have now elapsed since I first became awar...

Skepticism and Knowledge According to John Locke

their Doubts, and to confirm them at last in a perfect Skepticism" (47). Locke...

Private Property According to John Locke and Plato

In five pages this research essay discusses how private property is conceptualized by John Locke and Plato with the writer's own p...

Comparative Analysis of John Locke and Niccolo Machiavelli

This paper contrasts and compares the political philosophies of theorists John Locke and Niccolo Machiavelli in 5 pages. Two sour...

U.S. Constitution and John Locke

antiquity of places and names, or of the pomp of their outward worship; others, of the reformation of their discipline; all, of th...

Inspiring Governments: John Locke

states, in his Second Treatise of Government, Chapter XI, the following: "THE great end of mens entering into society, being the e...

Politics, Private Property, and the Philosophy of John Locke

and the natural rights that inherently accompany such ownership. Within the realm of life exists inherent elements to ones existe...

Evangelium vitae/Nos. 78-105

to freedom and responsibility" (EV 83). In this regard, he stresses the pivotal position of the Sacraments, as a means by which hu...

The Ideas of John Locke

chapter Locke focuses on property, but the entire Treatise is not exactly like that. The Treatise on the other hand, suggests that...

A Civic Project

in membership in many different kinds of social and civil organizations over the last two generations (Putnam, 1995). The decline ...

Thomas Jefferson: Contradiction

associates in Europe" he would refer "to blacks as lazy, slow, unable to reason, lacking in imagination and even spoke against the...

Gospel of Thomas

there, but the Kingdom of the Father is spread out on the earth and men do not see it." A short parable occurs early in Thomass ...

Intelligent Design and Aquinas

18). Harrison (2006) credits Aquinas as being the "major figure" in the reintroduction of Aristotelian concepts into Western cul...

Thomas Jefferson by Joyce Appleby

the United States. The book begins around the time he was elected as President, which took place at the end of the 18th century. I...

General Thomas Gage: Profile

of England (The American Revolution, 2007). Before the American Revolution he lived in America and was there when legal acts wer...

A Review of Deaf Like Me

A 5 page review of the book by Thomas Spradley and James Spradley. 1 source....

Literary Application of Rene Descartes' Method

Goldings Lord of the Flies, for example, gives a view of civilised society which is by no means optimistic. He takes a group of ch...

An Assessment of the Statement 'All Men Are Created Equal'

In five pages this paper agrees with Thomas Jefferson's 'declaration.' There are three bibliographic sources cited....

Thomas King's Truth and Bright Water

Thomas King's novel Truth and Bright Water and its thematic duality are discussed in five pages....

Poem Analysis: Convergence of the Twain by Thomas Hardy

This 4 page paper is a detailed explication of Thomas Hardy's poem Convergence of the Twain, which describes the Titanic sinking....

Western History and the Divine Nature of God

of souls (Frost 104). It is possible that Plato was attempting to use popular belief to promote the teaching of more profound trut...

Informally Examining Romantic Poets and Poetry

unspoiled by either man or society? In "The Tiger," Blake appears to be pondering the marvels of the world while at the same time...

Comparison Between the Declaration of Independence and Second Treatise of Government by John Locke

Choosing life, protecting life and so forth is a part of the culture. There are end of life issues that beg for resolution but by ...

Preemptive War and Moral Considerations

This itself is also likely to have been influenced by the long Peloponnesian war in which Plato himself was involved. Different me...

Locke and Rousseau and the Impossibility of Teaching Intelligence

basis of this essay (1995). He maintains the blank state hypothesis, believing that people are born with minds akin to a blank, wh...

Victorian England and the Rural Life Philosophy of Richard Jeffries

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,...

Kingdom and Sowell's Views on America

into two very obviously distinct groups. These groups of citizens may not have the same political party affiliation or the same ec...

Property Rights and the Political Philosophy of John Locke

In order to explore his general theory, it pays to look at his Second Treatise of Civil Government. It is rather compelling and ...

Government's Only Legitimate Form, Human Nature, and Second Treatise on Government by John Locke

of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of th...