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This paper examines concepts of paradox and passion, women's social position, and individual autonomy in the philosophy of Soren K...

by Kierkegaard as the individual who lives in response to God, no matter what appearances may be. As an example of the Knight of F...

In five pages this report presents the philosophies of these men regarding their personal beliefs about God in a first person narr...

his or her own singular importance. "The ethical is the universal, and as such it is again the divine. One has therefore a right ...

knowledge is not as important as faith. That is a significant difference between the two. At the same time, neither admits that hu...

between ethics and religion.4 Because this seems whimsical at best and cumbersome, even nonsensical at worst, Im very glad to hea...

n.d.). God knew that humans would use their free will for evil but He also knew that good would emerge through His Grace (Anderson...

"the cauldron of competing doctrines which swirled at the heart of the early church...All medieval philosophers drew on his work, ...

how evil is nothing tangibly heinous, but instead reflects the "absence of good."ii In other words, man merely makes bad choices ...

That system is based on three principals: 1. God is absolute Master, by His grace, of all the determinations of the will; 2. man ...

something greater than humans and that is God (Donati, 2002). He offers further proof through mathematical concepts, for instance,...

course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...

choice of Adam and Eve to disobey Gods commandment (Law, 2007). According to Augustine, their acts brought about two crucial conse...

the individual and a definition of justice. There are three classes for the state to function properly: artisans, who are skilled ...

crucial doctrines as creation, incarnation and resurrection (61). Born around 130 A.D., Irenaeus of Lyons was primarily a pastor...

text in which he is painstakingly honest, demonstrates that his spiritual path was not easy. It is clear from the beginning that t...

an integral part of the travelogue. These obstacles are met and either overcome, or the obstacles serve as catalysts to propel th...

and other shows have introduced a world of learning to toddlers and the preschool set. There are educational shows for adults and ...

not make up an ethical life. Rather, he based his ideas on his own ideas concerning reason, but he did so within the context of hi...

fictional historical account, as the author uses a host of unusual situations and characters to dramatize historical interpretatio...

Victorinus by Plato. This seems to have moved Augustine from the point of simply musing about immortality into an assurance about ...

understand divinity. Both philosophers seem to have been influenced by the teachings of Plato. In Senecas On the Shortness of Li...

In eleven pages this paper examines the Christian origins of Great Britain in a consideration of the Romans, Pope Gregory, St. Aug...

Women in a repressive, male chauvinistic society -- such as in the time of Augustinian law -- must do what they have to in order...

In five pages this text by Jean Bethke Elshtain is analyzed in its portrayal of Augustine and how it represents the limitations of...

In seven pages this research paper considers the views of Butler, Johnson, Abelard, Saint Augustine, and Plutarch on vice. Six so...

In eight pages this paper examines writings of St. Jerome, St. Augustine, and others in a consideration of the marriage concept an...

In five pages this paper examines the contributions of Saint Augustine to philosophy's history and development. Five sources are ...

Augustine, himself, mentions his own difficulties in struggling to overcome his own lustful desires in Book III of Confessions. Du...

of his time period would see the end of the one city, the city of man, and the reign of another, the city of God. One author state...