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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...

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

Hence, it is not unexpected that philosophers throughout the ages have also had different thoughts on freedom. While many people,...

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...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

held the belief that morality was performed because of the will of an "other," rather than driven by the beast within (The Philoso...

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

This paper examines space and time's inductive relativity as conceptualized by the paradoxes of Zeno in six pages. Four sources a...

was changing in terms of philosophy. John Lockes The Second Treatise of Civil Government is rather compelling and in fact, free ch...

discoveries of this philosopher? Has this person made a significant contribution that has led to the discovery or founding of some...

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

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

This paper discusses how Christian morality was influenced by Aristotle and Stoic philosophy in 5 pages. Two sources are cited in...

"quiet zone of large mansions and parks."iv While a large tract of land was needed for the building of the cathedral, this locatio...

wife, and particularly Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom. Our beautiful city is named after her, and Melitta wants to honor her and as...

The political context of the stories of the Oedipal trilogy relate to the society of Thebes and the conflicts that arise from shif...

of herself and reassure her that all will be will. You know what her days are like: as the wife of a noble (how silly that sound...

the end of the Gita, Arjuna says "The delusion is gone...by your grace I have recovered my wits. Here I stand with no more doubts....

liked to envision men, the primary subject of sculpture, as regal and noble and strong characters. There was nothing more powerful...

by wedding the daughter of Creon, the "lord of this land" (Euripides). As this speech indicates, Euripides begins the thematic c...