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Essays 271 - 300

A Dialogue on Believing in God's Existence

argue Gods existence within its own definition. Without any sort of relationship with other concrete statements, the entire argume...

Hume, Kant, and Descartes' Teleological, Ontological, and Cosmological Arguments and God's Existence Criticisms

Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....

Fox Butterfield's Criminal Theories in All God's Children

she would give him a whipping with a belt. These beatings only reinforced Willies belief that the best way to settle problem situa...

Saint Thomas Aquinas' Theology

the universe reveals that the natural world provides a graduated scale of existence, from lower beings to those that are higher or...

Influence of the South in the Writings of Erskine Caldwell

In five pages this paper examines how the South influences Erskine Caldwell's writings in such works as God's Little Acre and Toba...

David Hume and Thomas Aquinas on God's Existence

that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...

Existence of God Arguments

the universe and the cells of life on the planet, it was assumed that this enormous and highly intricate mechanism had a designer ...

Philosophical Concepts

of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...

Philosophy Q and A

While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...

Canonization Process

Canonization (Canonization Information, 2002). This step is key because this is what often distinguishes a mere "accident" from a...

2 Interpretations of Gender in Islam

come from western society and not conform to the lifestyle of the Muslims there. Not wearing veils was seen as immoral (1969). If ...

David Hume

controversial writings on religion and morality (Hume, 2002). In fact, he continued to turn out essays and critical writings on ev...

Hebrew History and Yahweh

This will be my name forever; it has always been my name, and it will be used throughout all generations" (Exodus 3:15). "God rep...

God's Existence Belief

at the bottom of the ladder, and humanity at the top, by virtue of the faculty of reason (Augustine of Hippo, 2001). After carefu...

Concept of Divinity of God

that there is "within the human mind, and indeed by natural instinct, an awareness of divinity," that "God himself has implanted i...

Reviewing The Book of the Torah: The Narrative Integrity of the Pentateuch by Thomas Mann

are already well acquainted with the Torah, his book provides an excellent introduction for those that are only somewhat familiar ...

How Rene Descartes Used Principles, Definitions, and Deductive Reasoning to Argue that God Exists

idea that nothing comes from nothing. Reality in itself must come from a cause that is at least equal if not more so than its effe...

God's Existence Arguments

speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...

Changing Times and Unchanging Philosophical Themes

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

Thomas Aquinas' Arguments and the Lack of Proof

In five pages this paper examines Aquinas' 5 arguments on God's existence and exposes the errors in his 2nd argument. Three sourc...

God According to Jean Paul Sartre, Immanuel Kant, and Rene Descartes

In six pages this research paper and essay considers how God's existence or lack thereof was argued by these three philosophers. ...

Achievement of Faith in Easing Conflict

(Psalm 34:19). Today, modern Man is attempting to find his own solutions for the problems/ conflicts that face him, and innumerab...

Holy Scriptures and Covenants of God

sovereignty. Moreover, another significant point relevant to Gods covenants is that they cannot be revoked or nullified. Nor can ...

Does Believing in God's Existence Make Any Sense?

In five pages this paper discusses the grounds for believing in God's existence by discussing philosophical interpretations of fou...

Proof of the Existence of God

In five pages this paper discusses proving God's existence in a consideration of works by Francis Bacon and Martin Luther. Two so...

Reality Struggles of Rene Descartes, George Berkeley, and David Hume

even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...

God According to David Hume

He asserted that evidence that God exists in a singular or plural context because it has become universally accepted as truth (135...

Images, Ideas, and Belief According to Rene Descartes

his previous beliefs had rested, since he intends to analyse philosophically whether these beliefs are in fact valid, and if they ...

Religious Purposes of Statues of Ancient Sumer and Egypt

There was not just one "Prince of Lagash" since Lagash existed as one of the ancient city-states of southern Mesopotamia. As the s...

Third Meditation of Rene Descartes

image, a form, or a judgement, and concludes that an image or what individuals perceive as form can never be false. However, erro...