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natures regiment. As such, familiarity does not lend itself to unaccountability or being troublesome to understand. Why, then, w...

points which are "1) God is defined as the being in which none greater is possible; 2) It is true that the notion of God exists i...

interprets the ideal of freedom and to what extent they live in their own psychological prisons. Social freedom means that one wil...

first of all, wherever friendship or community flourishes, justice doesnt - and when this fades, justice becomes more important. S...

as long as the economy were flourishing, they reasoned they were prospering as well, so there was no need for rebellion (Kautsky, ...

horrible situations such as one that would deem them a "vegetable" do have some thinking capacity perhaps. Yet, is a disembodied m...

life fulfillment and that a disabled individual should be allowed to die because their quality of life will not allow them to find...

of the world (1993). Yet, one can see this in action in smaller ways. Another way to look at the world is through the model called...

childhood, during his early life, Socrates was a sculptor, following in the footsteps of his father, Sophroniscus (Wikpedia, 2003)...

Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...

conditions and development; contrarily, humanity may also perceive the world as a more direct understanding based upon their spiri...

course of action is often jumbled. Is the patient cognizant enough to make the correct choices? Many issues come into play when a...

the only way to arrive at this point, he seems to be saying, is to carefully examine anything that one believes with the yardstick...

doubt and thought. If he thinks, then he exists: at least, his mind exists, since what he knows of his body is dependent, again, o...

also be allowed to have their own private property. In Aristotles belief, man is inherently born sinful. Because of this ...

contradictory, which is why he is so controversial. One can take the meaning of Mills writings to suggest that individuality rules...

for social control and the exercise of power, on the other. All government, indeed, all institutions of society, exist along this ...

who could argue with that idea? Of course, capital punishment is an ongoing debate and one that has been around for centuries. Als...

certainty. I might as well take a shower. I hurried, in an effort to at least reduce the amount of time I would walk into the door...

is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...

ideas. As we shall soon see, through these speeches Plato seems to have reasoned out how it is that mankind make their way from th...

morning and be blown up on a bus or go to a discotheque and be killed in an explosion. These are not unusual scenarios there. For ...

in 7th century Arabia" (Time, 2001; 50). For example, while many pagan societies of the time buried unwanted female infants alive,...

of these seemingly paradoxical perspectives on the nature of society and the role of the individual in society. Plato appears to ...

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

2002) . Rene Descartes on the other hand delved into the idea of immediate conscious thinking (2002). Locke viewed identity as be...

and had been released some months earlier (Biodrowski). The novel, which has the subtitle of "The Modern Prometheus," is "a sort o...

one may see it as quasi-scientific determinism. Yet, from a Western point of view, Buddhism is considered to be indeterministic (A...

possible fat man in that doorway; and again, the possible bald man in that doorway. Are they the same possible men, or two possibl...

In fact, rather than disregarding the authority of the Bible and scripture, Diana pointed out that some of the more controversial ...