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said that one can easily recognize in an educated mind the ability to entertain a thought without accepting it; Aristotle taught t...

the soul. In understanding the influence the pre-Socratics had, it is beneficial to consider some of the major questions and the ...

the belief that God created all plants and animals, as well as the universe itself, as recounted in the Old Testament. Evolutioni...

in the Peloponnesian War, which ended in a resounding defeat for Athens in 404 B.C. (Levinson ix-x). While it can be assumed that...

In seven pages differences that exist between Eastern and Western philosophies are considered with references made to Zen and the ...

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

critics, his reputation and fame has never been truly compromised. He has added a great deal in terms of thought in a variety of d...

teachers beliefs, principles, convictions and interpretation of reality are all pertinent. They influence the students and so it i...

develops his inquiry into the contention to see if it holds up to scrutiny: SOCRATES: And when a jury is rightly convinced of fact...

of knowledge through experience, and so is the basis for synthetic statements that are linked to a postiori knowledge. Kant used ...

normal children do. However, these tasks that ordinary children dont think twice about, offer sincere and daunting challenges to t...

human being from conception to death is encapsulated in a pod. In Platos Cave the only thing that they can see is...

here on Earth. This of course, did not go over well with the Church who was used to organizing everyones life on Earth. Reason, th...

Taoism, or flowing with the Tao (Dao) is best translated into English as "The Way", "The Flow of Things", the "Course of Nature", ...

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

Cuba, sending Diego Vel?zquez to begin colonization in 1511. Vel?zquez founded Baracoa Vel?zquez first, followed by Santiago de C...

when they heard the ringing of the bells, for they would associate this with being fed. In Brave New World, behaviorism takes the...

It is in the Second Meditation, however, that the apparent flaw in his logic appears and gives rise to the Cartesian Circle. In th...

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

education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...

In a paper of nine pages, the writer looks at the topic of same-sex marriage. Frameworks such as religion, politics, and ethical p...

Quiet was largely to dispel nationalistic fantasies about warfare and depict WWI in realistic fashion as perceived by the common G...

problem is that in 1970, it was suggested that Nestle was profiting at the expense of third world mothers. While breast-feeding is...

in turn functions to accentuate the bodys passage through time. Myriad philosophers, psychologists and sociologists have at...

Indeed, it seems that within the context of philosophy, there is a wrestling with religious thought, because it is from the rejec...

have been utilized in both historical and contemporary politics: (a) The use of diplomacy and the formation of coalitions; (b) Vio...

can one know what is beautiful or what is ugly? There must be some sort of shared experience. Plato uses a cave allegory--somethi...

a prison takeover (Burke, 1995). Though unusual, if something like that were to happen, officials would be at an extreme disadvant...

(Saxonhouse, 1998). This is something thought not to lead to violence, but rather to a profound gentleness (Saxonhouse, 1998). In ...

In 1940, George Jenkins opened a different kind of grocery store. It was not his first grocery store but it was one that was uniqu...