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Socrates and the Need for Philosophers

this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...

Jean Jacques Rousseau and Charles Montesquieu

doing whatever one wants, with no regard to law (Krause, 2000). If independence must be sacrificed in order to achieve political ...

Philosophy and On Independent Thought Q and A

They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...

Inequality Origins and the Philosophies of Jean Jacques Rousseau and Karl Marx

In five pages this paper discusses human nature and the origins of inequality as viewed by philosophers Karl Marx and Jean Jacques...

Saul Kripke's Philosophical Propositions

In five pages this paper examines the connections with 'a posteriori' and 'a priori' knowledge, contingent truth and necessary tru...

Death Penalty and the Views of Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, David Hume, and Plato

In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...

Virtue, Justice, and the Common Good According to St. Thomas Aquinas

In seven pages this paper discusses how this preeminent religious philosopher defined virtue, justice, and the common good. One s...

Hypothetical Conversation Between Rene Descartes and David Hume

and change. He did not perceive the world as having changed greatly, but instead perceived the same world in a much different lig...

Good Marriage According to J.S. Mill

In five pages this paper examines The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill in order to determine how the philosopher conceptual...

Reason Plus Spirituality Equals Enlightened Theology

Jonathan Edwards succeeded in defining both his physical and spiritual universes through sense and affection, an entirely new conc...

Eighteenth Century Age of Enlightenment and Politics

out to apply the critical method to the problem of government in The Spirit of Laws (1748). The result was a complex comparative s...

Interpretation According to Ronald Dworkin and Charles Darwin's Bleak House

In fifteen sources this paper discusses philosopher Ronald Dworkin's views on interpretation and offers a legal comparison between...

Pythagoras and His Widespread Influence

In five pages this paper examines Pythagoras' widespread influence that includes the Western scientific concept, mysticism, number...

A Philosophy Basic Overview

In this paper consisting of twenty pages questions regarding such influential philosophers as Robert Nozick, Mary Daly, the Stoics...

Drug Abuse and the Views of Saint Augustine, Aristotle, and Plato

In 10 pages this paper considers how these philosophers would view the contemporary problem of drug abuse. There are 7 sources ci...

Contemporary Thinking and the Influence of Existentialism, Romanticism, and the Enlightenment

In five pages this report explores how the schools of philosophical thought that characterized the Enlightenment have influenced c...

Socrates, Euthyphro and Crito

In eight pages this report examines Socrates' dialogues with Crito and Euthyphro and also examines the accusations against him in ...

Aesthetic Philosophy of Jean Baudrillard

In ten pages this research paper evaluates the artistic and social relevance perspectives of French philosopher Jean Baudrillard. ...

Socrates, Crito, and Euthyphro

In seven pages this paper considers the great philosopher Socrates' dialogues with Crito and Euthyphro and the accusations that ha...

Crito, Euthyphro, and Socrates

In eight pages this report examines Socrates from several perspectives including his discussion of issues with Crito and Euthyphro...

Miracles and David Hume

In six pages Scottish philosopher David Hume's skepticism concerning the existence of miracles is discussed which although interes...

Interpreting Mysticism With Bertrand Russell and Alan Watts

In a paper consisting of five pages perceptions and interpretations of mysticism by these philosophers and differeng approaches to...

John Rawls, Utilitarianism, and Distributive Justice

In five pages utilitarianism and distributive justice as depicted by political philosopher John Rawls in A Theory of Justice are d...

Ancient Greek Philosophers Empedocles and Parmenides

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

Life and Economic Theories of John Maynard Keynes

In three pages The Worldly Philosophers by Heilbroner is considered in a discussion of John Maynard Keynes' life and economic theo...

Similarities and Differences Between Ideology and Religion

In five pages this paper discusses ideology and religion in a consideration of similarities and differences with Karl Marx and Soc...

Good and Evil According to Philosophers William James, Friedrich Nietzsche, St. Augustine of Hippo, and Aristotle

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

Analogy Relationship Between Plato and Jean Jacques Rousseau

In five pages analogy is defined and then related to these two philosophers as they are used in Rousseau's The Social Contract and...

Concept of the Social Contract According to Thomas Hobbes and John Locke

In six pages Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes and Second Treatise of Civil Government by John Locke are discussed in an examination of h...

Philosophy Questions on John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant

In six pages 7 student posed questions regarding how these philosophers interpret morality and ethics are answered. Four sources ...