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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...

U.S. Constitution and the Views of Niccolo Machiavelli and Plato

the fomentation of rebellion, and to encourage individuals to occupy themselves with private rather than state matters. He saw it ...

Democracy as Viewed by Aristotle

and it was on this that Plato based his philosophical oeuvre (1994). He was not only a disciple of Socrates but a diehard adversar...

Religious Thought v. the Enlightenment

challenge to, the assertions of Jonathan Edwards. Ben Franklins autobiography is also characteristic of Enlightenment thought whi...

Ideas on Society Through a Comparative Analysis of the Ideas of Aristotle and Plato

rich this indicates why he sees a democracy as a deviant state as it is argued that the poor will be the dominant influence on the...

Conservatism and Edmund Burke

on Edmund Burkes Philosophy, 2002). * The traditions therefore which evolve from the life of a nation have a real purpose and usef...

Theory of 'Indeterminancy of Translation' by Willard V. Quine

was born in Akron, Ohio and would one day be considered as "the most significant philosopher to have written in English in the sec...

Critically Comparing Plato and Aristotle's Views Arete or Virtue

Conceptions of Virtue). Furthermore, it was Plato who argued that love was the essential ingredient in the good life because love...

Liberty Principle of John Rawls

is that these constructors of the new society are completely ignorant of their own racial, social and economic position within th...

Comparative Analysis of Virtue and Vice

top the list. The Catholic Church is often quoted as having said, "Give me a child until he is seven and he will always be Catholi...

The Mind-Body Problem and Descartes

thing" sets the stage for each of his subsequent steps. In Step 2 he delineates his completeness into one of its two parts, the b...

Concept of Human Nature

idea of self is more genuine and original, unique in its conception. Also, at the very foundation of this philosophy is that there...

Art According to Plato and Aristotle

However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...

'Argument Against Skepticism' by John Hospers

to the first two in that people have some former knowledge in order to "know" someone, or "know" how to do something (Hospers, 196...

Herbert Marcuse and Alexis de Tocqueville

in certain ways it is a lot more difficult. Equality, he saw, was the key to the democratic enterprise. To de Tocqueville, the ide...

Arguments of John Stuart Mill in On Liberty

that appraisal in terms of wrong, immoral, or wicked is appropriate: only in this area that deterrence and retribution as they ope...

Life and Philosophy of Denis Diderot

considered his philosophy to be heresy. Abbey (2004) notes that the work which gained Diderot the charge of disseminating pornogr...

Epicurean Concepts of 'Ataraxia' and Aristotelian Concepts of 'Human Good,' 'The Best Good,' and 'Function Argument'

positive reinforcement, for the happiest people are also those who are feeling well and living prosperous lives. These are not me...

Socrates and Odysseus

is less important than the conversation which takes place, and since the two individuals are from periods in Greek history several...

A Position Paper on Montaigne and Descartes

little consequence when it came to the knowing the true nature of something. However, Montaigne seems to limit himself in that he ...

Algerian War and Albert Camus

the limited liberty that they offered was not sufficient to the majority of Arabs in Algeria (Gildea 17). Albert Camus wrote, in...

A Historical Overview of Philosophy

This paper examines the history of philosophy and philosophers. The author discusses key figures in philosophy such as Aristotle,...

Analysis of Alesdair MacIntyre's Marxism and Christianity

philosopher considering religion must approach the subject open minded and willing to develop ideas and attract much criticism, fo...

Good and Evil Differences in Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche

In five pages this paper examines how in Genealogy of Morals philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche examines the differences that exist b...

Debates During the Eighteenth Century Age of Enlightenment

with the fall of man and the origin of sin was metaphorical rather than literal. Not surprisingly, such thinking was considered b...

School Prayer and the Perspectives of Socrates, Henry David Thoreau, and Martin Luther King Jr.

In 5 pages this paper examines the reactions to public school prayer by this trio of social philosophers and what advice each woul...

Conservative Political Philosophy

to immigration reform, attacking affirmative action programs, welfare reform and tort reform (1996). Joshua Murachik, quoting Eliz...

Religious Concepts of Baruch Spinoza

enjoyment of what is good, not in the pride that he alone is enjoying it, to the exclusion of others. He who thinks himself more ...

Human Cloning and Ethics

they could, through their will, cause their actions to become universal law. Kant held that only those things that have bee...

Samuel Johnson and George Berkeley on Metaphysics

or of material things. Berkeleys philosophical stance of immaterialism or idealism simply denied the existence of matter all toge...