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Materialism is Not Preferred Over Hylemorphism

Hylemorphism's preference over materialism in philosophy is examined from the metaphysical perspectives of Thomas Aquinas and Aris...

Virtue as Defined by Aristotle and Plato

In six pages virtue as defined by the philosophies of Aristotle and Plato and their continuity are examined. There are 5 sources ...

Reality According to Aristotle and Plato and Using the Philosophy of Parmenides

In five pages this research paper examines how Parmenides' Eleatic philosophy was used by Aristotle and Plato as a way for reality...

Socrates Life and Philosophy as Revealed in Five Dialogues by Plato

In eight pages this paper examines Socrates' life and philosophy as represented in the Five Dialogues of Plato. Four sources are ...

Ancient Greece's Stoic Philosophy

In fourteen pages this paper examines the Stoic school of philosophy that developed in ancient Greeks in a consideration of the ph...

Chandogya Upanishad in Hinduism

In five pages the Chandogya Upanishad philosophy as it relates to Hinduism is examined in this research paper. Four sources are c...

Coexistence of Religion and Science?

In a paper consisting of sixteen pages, 1 page being an OUTLINE on whether there is a place for both religious and scientific view...

Greek Orthodox Church and Philosophy

In twenty five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato as they influenced the origins of the...

Supreme Personal Being and Religious Experience

In five pages this paper examines a Supreme Personal Being's role in the religious experiences with beliefs addressed in the philo...

Eighteenth Century Musical Influences

In four pages this essay examines the impact upon the Enlightenment upon the music of the eighteenth century and how it reflected ...

Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and Existentialism

In ten pages existentialism is examined in a consideration of the philosophies of Nietzsche, Camus, and Sartre and then applies th...

Improving Rene Descartes' Psychology Limitations with the 'Conscious Mental State' of William James

In two pages this paper examines how William James sought to improve upon Descartes' seventeenth century psychological philosophy ...

Aristotle's Life and Contributions to Western Civilization

negative effects. His father was named Nichomachus and he belonged to the clan or guild of the Asclepiadae (Ross 1; Randall 12)...

Society According to Aldous Huxley, Voltaire, and John Locke

In five pages this paper examines the social philosophies of these authors and thinkers in a contrast and comparisons regarding gl...

Victorian Society, Thomas Carlyle, and John Stuart Mill

In seven pages this paper examines how Mill and Carlyle influenced the Victorian Era as well as the society of the time influenced...

US' Diminishing Democracy

freedom was only for themselves. Anyone not agreeing with the religious tenets of the Puritans was ostracized from all Puritan co...

The Authenticity of Self and Philosophy

itself (Howell, 2010). Nevertheless, one who wishes to cultivate an authentic self can do so by following the path of philosophica...

Aristotle and Plato on Knowledge

subject of forms. While Plato held a dual realms theory, Aristotle saw form and matter as existing in the same realm. In discussi...

Renaissance Art and Philosophy Integration

In three pages this paper examines how art and philosophy were integrated during the Renaissance. Two sources are cited in the bi...

A History of Temperament Theories

1995; Classical Astrology, 2003). If the person were healthy, there was a balance among these fluid substances (Heineman, History,...

Thales' Philosophy

in his approach, believing in a grand truth beyond our own reality (Eklor, 2003). By determining the basic component of life, Th...

Narrative Self Concepts of Paul Ricoeur

Marcel, Heidegger, Aristotle and Kant(Thompson 1981). Ricoeur believes that in order to get to the bottom line, which is to know o...

Unity, Being, and Becoming According to the Philosophers

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...

Johnson, Plantinga, and Hicks on Soul Making and Free Will

man defines himself as moral, good, and soulful (Hick). God has defined a purpose for humanity that is essential to mans forma...

Thomas Paine's Political Propaganda

he inspired two nations. Kindig (2003) summarizes that Paine: "communicated the ideas of the...

Moral Education and Personal Philosophy

being more or less universally accepted, teachers tend to be reluctant to discuss character education and moral development (Richm...

Pragmatic Philosophy of William James

of moral responsibility, freedom of action, individual effort and aspiration" (Frost, 1962, p. 50). While a pure empiricist wou...

Contemporary Western Culture and Humanities

deal of power into one ruler (or, at the very least, a collection of rulers who wont end up fighting among themselves)....

Concept of the Human Imagination

What is Imagination? Imagination is "the power of the mind to consider things which are not present to the senses, and to consid...

Doctrine of the Trinity and Saint Augustine

either good or evil. There was no "middle of the road" in this extreme religious philosophy. When Augustine was indulging in his...