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Objectivism v. Ethical Relativism

I want to do? Are there really any obligations which reach me from outside the realm of my own desire? To put it into a more pithy...

Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas on Religion and Philosophy

truth that transcends the traditional means of understanding or knowing. For Aquinas, reason does have limitations. He writes: "N...

Rene Descartes and Thomas Aquinas on Knowledge

we note that it "covers what we can know by Gods special revelation to us (which comes through the Bible and Christian Tradition)....

God's Existence Cosmological Argument

be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...

Critical Analysis of the 4th Proof of St.Thomas Aquinas

various things as they approach in diverse ways toward something that is the greatest, just as in the case of hotter (more hot) wh...

Just War Concept of Thomas Aquinas and the Vietnam War

the United States holding the political bag. Ho Chi Minh determined that this was the perfect time to try and reunite North and So...

God's Existence and Knowledge

In four pages this paper discusses how God's existence is argued through epistemology with Thomas Aquinas' arguments providing evi...

Dennis Bonnette's Origin Of The Human Species

In a paper consisting of seven pages the philosopher Bonnette is compared with Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle in the contention that...

St. Thomas Aquinas on Redemption

tradition(Microsoft Corp. 2002). This synthesis he brought into line with the Bible and Roman Catholic doctrine. What the...

Abortion and Ethical Issues

appears to vary according to just who is considering the question and around such particulars as whose life is being considered (T...

Thomas Aquinas' Theology and Philosophy

Thomas Aquinas' distinctive theology and philosophy and how it differed from the ancient Greek thinkers are examined in seven page...

Utilitarianism and Kantian Ethics

In seven pages this report examines Utilitarianism and the ethics of Immanuel Kant in a comparison of the rational and moral views...

God's Existence Arguments of St. Thomas Aquinas

In six pages this paper examines St. Thomas Aquinas' 'proof' that God exists. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

How to Prove That Love Exists

In five pages this paper tries to prove love exists by using Thomas Aquinas' 5 proofs of God's existence. One source is cited in ...

Philosophy Questions and Religion

for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...

Epictetus and Aquinas on Nature, the Universe, and God

needs of the spirit, which were outlined through divine law (Pierce, 2002). The law of nature, Epictetus believed, was that the be...

Synoptic Gospels and Soteriology

Aquinas goes on to explain Christs sacrifice through suffering in that it came out of Christs love and obedience for mankind. This...

Sufficient Reason Principle and St. Thomas Aquinas

supported this argument in support of Gods existence, contending that the external world is the ruling force behind the presence o...

David Hume and Thomas Aquinas on God's Existence

that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...

Ethics of Aborting a Product of Rape

play nor a reflection of a womans behavior. Equally disturbing as the act of rape itself is when these acts result in pregnancy. ...

Philosophy Q and A

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...

Just War and Operation Enduring Freedom

in World War II. Not only did Japan attack American soil, and its people, but the United States could no longer ignore the debauch...

Summa Theologica Guide for the Perplexed

he could grasp with his own intellect, what he could actually perceive by his own senses, and what a trustworthy person told him. ...

Augustine, Aquinas and Luther/Role of Government

those who would do evil. Augustine couched his ideas on government within his concept of two cities, an earthly city and a city o...

Sir Thomas More: His Life and Works

"spent the next four years in the Charterhouse in devotion and prayer" (Kreis). During his time there he composed poetry and Latin...

Opium and the Life of Thomas DeQuincey's as Revealed in Confessions Of An English Opium Eater

English Romantic Thomas DeQuincey no only used opium but was addicted to it. It possessed his life and played a critical role in ...

Work Life Balance Strategies and the Impact on Women Employees

been a change in the home commiserate with the workplace; men have not been taking on a greater care and house work to share the w...

Existential Views of Death in Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle"

was composed, as a response to and exploration of Thomas emotions surrounding the momentous event ("Dylan" 2010). Formally speakin...

Thomas More - Utopia

why it has that affect. In this paper we will consider the last two paragraphs of Mores work giving an opinion on the affect it...

The Miraculous Mass of Saint Gregory

he holds the cloth and in his right, the knife; there is blood on the cloth, the red making a contrast to the snowy white. The mes...