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

as a problem (Frost, 1962). However, later philosophers, as they pondered the nature of the universe, began to see the fact of cha...

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...

all, but rather only the world (Burnet ch2bii). Modern terminology used by those sharing Xenophanes views would be that there lik...

he did not know the true cause of an action he would readily admit to not knowing. This should not be mistaken however for a will...

In nine pages a business dilemma is examined by consulting philosophers Rawls, Mill, and Kant on how to best handle the economic d...

In five pages this paper examines philosophy and the nature of religious faith as considered in Clark's 1997 text Philosophers Who...

In six pages this paper examines William James' philosophy of human nature with religion a primary focus. Four sources are cited ...

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

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

84). However, Socrates is willing to concede that an individual can desire an evil thing if he mistakenly first evaluates it as go...

is aligned with the fact that people are alone all of the time because no one can experience what they are experiencing exactly. I...

why so many people had to suffer. No matter the cause, the gods were not looked on with the reverence they had once enjoyed, and t...

academy the first university of its type, he was able to influence minds of the next generation and proliferate his ideas and meth...

Aristotles concrete, scientific theories are more relevant than Platos deductive and abstract ideology. Aristotle believed...

quickly taking over the world, leaving no room for anything else" (Williams, Dustin and McKenney, 2004). In his view, we were leav...

experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...

In this six page consideration of life after death various philosophical arguments are examined in an attempt to draw a definitive...

of fire (The New York Times, 2008). He lived during the late fifth century BC (The New York Times, 2008). The Eleatic school for i...

In ten pages this paper examines William James' works as they pertain to life and ethics with suffering among the topics discussed...

In eight pages O'Gorman's impact upon the thought of Latin America is examined. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

children simply adopt and internalize the standards they are taught by their parents but Kohlberg found that children make moral j...

Christianity was based upon a vast compilation of both positive and negative influences acquired from the short-sightedness of pow...

donor for their present child in need of a transplant (1990). To Kant, that was wrong and while other segments of society would be...

In twelve pages this paper examines these two classical philosophers in a comparative analysis of their thoughts and achievements....

In a paper that contains four pages Aristotle's logic and employment of syllogism are heralded as being not only philosophically b...

In six pages this paper discusses the modern and classical concepts of good and evil as conceptualized by these philosophers. Fiv...

In five pages this report examines the relationship between God and the individual within the context of these writings by Martin ...

In five pages the views of Sartre, Hegel, Marx, and Plato on happiness are examined in a comparative analysis of their writings. ...