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cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...

challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...

the effects of "Original Sin" (Hundersmarck 133). While Machiavelli agreed with this stance, he did not do so because of theology....

address the problems of individualism in our contemporary society. While Wests "Race Matters" makes a frontal attack on these pro...

arguments these days is that one would not want a physician operating on one when the physician is using marijuana on his off hour...

philosophical thought begs to differ. In the pre-Plato period, for example, the prevailing belief was that pleasure was immediate ...

In five pages Aristotle's concept of happiness with an emphasis upon a life of contemplation is discussed. Five sources are cited...

permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...

individual who naturally believes in true equality and empowerment across the entire population. The reasons it becomes so confusi...

wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...

dilemma of a single woman who is part of what the politicians and social scientists refer to as a member of the "working poor" soc...

were distinguished in the nineteenth century with the "natural" sciences. To a great degree, James was attempting to create and/...

that the object of thought is capable of being. Hume understands that, quite simplistically, the soul is simply . . . the soul. ...

see the usefulness of your food donation, insofar as eating food will improve his health." And there is still yet another agreeabl...

gave the commencement speech at his daughters graduation from Radcliffe, he concisely summed up the essence of what he found to be...

for existence in which the fittest members of a varying population survive, reproduce, and pass on their traits to the next genera...

However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...

to is none other than that of the Romantic period. The person who considered himself a romantic, too, would question some of life...

truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was...

stronger. The authors make no comment on whether any of the individuals were concerned about becoming dependent on their pa...

just like their travel mates. As the plot unfolds, however, we find that these four have much more in common than they would care...

(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...

in earlier times it was regarded only as the poor relation of quantitative research that nearly always was less reliable and far l...

of his better known works "The Social Contract", he discusses issues involved in radical or republican thought regarding the human...

murder should be ignored, a modern ruler might consider keeping local laws, and living in the land that over which one rules. The ...

of people. Buffet really does not use any specific strategies to maintain his status and influence. He doesnt have to. It is re...

examination of one specific piece of sculpture of the time (a sculpture of the Archangel Michael as he was depicted on a sixth cen...

for my patients. Personal philosophy of nursing: Tourville and Ingalls (2003) offer a fascinating and very apt analogy to descri...

and symbols, that is, how abstract ideas are communicated through the mediums of language, writing and also through visual communi...

president, he had as much of an ardent following as he did a collection of adversaries; however, this diverse constituency reflect...