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Essays 241 - 270
goodness and evil. They are the opposite ends of a pendulum. If God existed there would be no observable evil. Since we know there...
course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...
would be no hope of redemption or change. Frankl supports this position by contending that mans search for meaning "is the primar...
patients who were able to learn the art of "conscious relaxation" not only were able to quit smoking and eat better, but showed im...
beauty, wealth and status, or they can symbolize aspects of society that people would just as soon forget, such as with physical d...
guessing his parents. An eight year old may argue that it is proper for him to go to a particular event by himself, but his parent...
they are wage laborers or business owners. To some extent, Marx has a point, but only to an extent. Kant has a different take on...
the first great epic poems of English history is thought to have been written around the time of the first half of the 8th century...
All of the study subjects were men who had been in the military for an average of 20 years. Half of the men had noise-induced hea...
inherent to the dominating castle. The pyramidal hierarchy that was inevitably created as a result of such exclusion was meant to...
In six pages student submitted statistical data is applied to alleged gender or racial discrimination with the Red Pen Board Repor...
be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...
the science of anatomy: but this was not sufficient; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human body" (Shel...
In five pages the existence of natural rights is considered within the context of John Locke's concepts and as they are manifested...
that sensible things mean those items or realities that can be perceived by the senses of a human being. Philonous states the foll...
the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to...
believed deeply in the value of ethics as it related to humans in the natural world. His concept of forming an adequate ethical c...
highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...
the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...
thus in doubting, he is thinking, and it must be true that he exists" (Anonymous Topic 2 - "Cogito, ergo sum", 2002; cogito.html)....
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...
speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...
youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...
the universe and the cells of life on the planet, it was assumed that this enormous and highly intricate mechanism had a designer ...
of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...
at the bottom of the ladder, and humanity at the top, by virtue of the faculty of reason (Augustine of Hippo, 2001). After carefu...
were sometimes locked away in unsanitary conditions or exposed to even harsher treatment. This situation was not to improve subst...
simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...
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...
human senses can be mislead. This is seen when there are individuals close and far away, with the difference in size seen by the e...