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In ten pages this paper examines William James' works as they pertain to life and ethics with suffering among the topics discussed...
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...
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...
all, but rather only the world (Burnet ch2bii). Modern terminology used by those sharing Xenophanes views would be that there lik...
the context of a modern society. Certainly, today Maimonides instruction to beat wives who neglect their wifely "duties" would not...
hearts of those he represented. It was Strauss ongoing quest to delve into the deepest recesses of German intellectuals and polit...
In eight pages justice and fairness as conceptualized by philosopher and theorist John Rawls are examined with the emphasis being ...
In four pages this paper examines how Plato and Socrates were philosophically viewed by Nietzsche. Two sources are cited in the b...
This paper examines the writings and life of Wollstonecraft. The author discusses her philosophical treatise, A Vindication of th...
universe as heartily to assent to the evil that seems inherent in its details?" (Thought & Character, Volume I, Perry, 322) (Shull...
In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the perspectives of these ancient Chinese philosophers on ethical behavior. Six so...
for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...
a desire to find out something that is known for sure. It is of course hard to know anything is certain. Some people today questio...
considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...
this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...
In five pages the views of Sartre, Hegel, Marx, and Plato on happiness are examined in a comparative analysis of their writings. ...
In five pages this report examines the relationship between God and the individual within the context of these writings by Martin ...
In six pages this paper discusses the modern and classical concepts of good and evil as conceptualized by these philosophers. Fiv...
his detractors?with an abandonment of standards within US classrooms in favor of a focus on growth and self-fulfillment (Berkowitz...
Hence, it is not unexpected that philosophers throughout the ages have also had different thoughts on freedom. While many people,...
philosophers and artists, and included figures such as Rousseau, Goethe, Hegel and Kant. One of the major elements of Romanticism ...
with the absolute. Nagarjuna disagreed with this sense of absolutism. Nagarjuna philosophy can also be distinguished from mainst...
it comes to knowledge leads one to believe that people are much more likely to act out in such a manner that is motivated only by ...
see the usefulness of your food donation, insofar as eating food will improve his health." And there is still yet another agreeabl...
In this six page consideration of life after death various philosophical arguments are examined in an attempt to draw a definitive...
a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...
84). However, Socrates is willing to concede that an individual can desire an evil thing if he mistakenly first evaluates it as go...
is supplemented by innate elements of the intellect (DeLouth, 2002). This theory keyed into the nature-nurture debate. Skipping ...
world, one would find the "ideal tree of which all trees which we see are copies, the ideal house and ideas of all other objects i...