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Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

exceeds any individual persons comprehension. Transcendence then exceeds all human capacity. This concept is not foreign to the re...

Free Will and Determinism in Buddhism

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

Realism and Antirealism Concepts and Theories

In eight pages this paper examines realism and antirealism concepts, theories, and the impact of scientific, economic, ethical, an...

The Concepts of Slavery and Motherhood in Toni Morrison's Novel Beloved

This 8 page paper considers Sethe's sense of what it means to be a mother in Toni Morrison's novel Beloved. The writer argues that...

Books I, II, and III of Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle

In a paper consisting of five pages the concepts of human good, the 'doctrine of the mean,' and 'phronesis' as presented in Books ...

Necessity of Evil in Philosophy

In seventeen pages this paper examines the philosophical concept of evil and then considers 'necessary evil' within the contexts o...

Justice, Democracy, Equality, and Freedom According to Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx, Jean Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, and Plato

In eight pages this report contrasts and compares these philosophers' views regarding important philosophical concepts. Two sourc...

Virtue, the Soul, and the Philosophical Processes of Inquiry by Plato and Aristotle

VI of "Nicomachean Ethics", goodness under the concept presented by Plato suggests almost an unattainable element, and it was Aris...

Material Substance According to David Hume, George Berkeley, and John Locke

In five pages material substance concepts are considered in this contrasting and comparison of three philosophical perspectives wi...

Government According to John Locke, Karl Marx, and Jean Jacques Rousseau

In five pages the concept of government is discussed in a contrast and comparison of the philosophical views offered by Marx and R...

Philosophy of Marxism

In five pages this paper examines historical materialism, alienation, and other philosophical concepts as they are featured in The...

'To Be is to Be Perceived' According to George Berkeley

In four page this paper examines Berkeley's philosophical concept as represented in his text Treatise Concerning the Principles of...

'Beautiful and Just Things,' 'Just' and Plato's The Republic and Phaedo

In six pages this paper discusses the philosophical distinctions Socrates made between these two concepts as presented in Plato's ...

Philosophies of Maritain, Bica, Ruskin, Tolstoy, and Singer Sinead O'Connor

In five pages this paper applies the philosophical concepts of these thinkers to the works of performing artist Sinead O'Connor. ...

Humanity, Values, and Valuing

Indeed, the issues behind ethics and morality are critical to defining what meaning truly represents. One who has addressed these...

God's Existence

In nine pages this paper discusses the philosophical and theological 5 proofs of God's existence but the lack of understanding tha...

Community and Inequality According to Jean Jacques Rousseau and John Locke

a moral fashion, it ceases to function in the proper manner and ceases to exert genuine authority over the individual. According ...

Consideration of Philosophical Moral Traditions

are the core of moral tradition as defined within the context of societal constraints. Most people associate moral tradition with...

'Evil Genius' and Rene Descartes

significance despite scholarly interpretations to the contrary, because Descartes, himself, rejects this line of reasoning (109). ...

John Stuart Mill Arguing in Favor of Legalizing Marijuana

In five pages the philosophical concepts of John Stuart Mill are used to argue in support of U.S. marijuana legalization. Three s...

The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

In five pages knowledge in terms of concept, foundation, and actual application as perceived by Russell is examined within the con...

Human Nature - The Philosophical Perspective

view is that the appetite for wisdom is the most noble of the possible forces that can drive humanity, and as such, the one which ...

What Is the Objective of the Philosophical Investigation?

book by Scott Soames; he asks what 20th century analytic philosophy comes to, and reveals that "Soames thinks its two most importa...

A Personal System of Philosophy

Even in the absence of hard and fast codes of ethics such as those that exist for some professions, there are certain basic guidel...

Philosophy Topics

the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...

Questions on Personal Philosophies Answered

Crises arise that usher in change, systems achieve equilibrium for a time and then begin to change again, leading to another round...

Erich Fromm, Karl Marx, and a Contemporary Concept of Human Nature

the most important fact for the student to understand is what Fromm explains in the following section of Marxs Concept of Man (196...

Contemporary American Culture and Plato and Aristotle's Concepts of Human Nature

of human thinking and an awareness of what constitutes the basics of human nature. Their lessons and attitudes are still relevant ...

Concepts of Contemporary Citizenship and Political Virtue as Viewed by Aristotle

the morality Aristotle speaks of is relative. While it is not relative from one individual to another perhaps, and there is certai...

Contemporary Concept of Love Compared with Socrates' Idea Expressed in Plato's Symposium

In six pages this paper examines Socrates concept of love, then compares it with the contemporary interpretation before being inte...