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In fifteen pages Pythagoras' life and his contributions to science, mathematics, and philosophy are discussed. There are 6 source...

In five pages this paper examines how Plato described Socrates' trial and death in his dialogues Phaedo, Crito, Apology, and Euthy...

This paper consists of eight pages and considers the injustice of the trial Socrates received in an attempt to determine whether o...

In nine pages this paper examines the social utopia presided over by a philosopher king as described by Plato in The Republic. Th...

if it is taken outside of the context of societal situations. For Nozick, justice is more clearly a function of societal roles a...

universe as heartily to assent to the evil that seems inherent in its details?" (Thought & Character, Volume I, Perry, 322) (Shull...

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the perspectives of these ancient Chinese philosophers on ethical behavior. Six so...

In five pages this paper discusses Berkeley's notion that beyond perception nothing exists. There is 1 source listed in the bibli...

This paper examines the writings and life of Wollstonecraft. The author discusses her philosophical treatise, A Vindication of th...

In eight pages justice and fairness as conceptualized by philosopher and theorist John Rawls are examined with the emphasis being ...

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

it comes to knowledge leads one to believe that people are much more likely to act out in such a manner that is motivated only by ...

84). However, Socrates is willing to concede that an individual can desire an evil thing if he mistakenly first evaluates it as go...

a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...

with the absolute. Nagarjuna disagreed with this sense of absolutism. Nagarjuna philosophy can also be distinguished from mainst...

philosophers and artists, and included figures such as Rousseau, Goethe, Hegel and Kant. One of the major elements of Romanticism ...

considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...

this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...

Nozicks Theory of Justice presents a strong argument for the libertarian view. This view honors property rights, that is, that in...

guidance that gives meaning for man. Rather, as he explains, mans actions and intellectual activity seem to provide meaning. This ...

an ends justify the means ideology. To Machiavelli, justice has to do with an end. One can take Machiavellis concept a bit furthe...

actually been a supporter of revolution in the American colonies. Burke certainly believed in individual rights, but he stressed t...

a desire to find out something that is known for sure. It is of course hard to know anything is certain. Some people today questio...

for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...

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

can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...

know as the scientific method, which is still used today for ascertaining reliable facts about the natural world. To accomplish hi...

right or correct, or is there something about that action itself that God recognizes, and for this reason declares the action corr...

one looks at a variety of lifetimes via reincarnation, its purpose explained by knowledge. In other words, people are born and liv...

as a problem (Frost, 1962). However, later philosophers, as they pondered the nature of the universe, began to see the fact of cha...