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Essays 601 - 630
contends that Humes definition of "cause" (using reason to infer existence), as "a bastard of the imagination, impregnated by expe...
The role of critical thinking in American society has taken on greater importance in the 21st century. This paper relates the conc...
In six pages this report considers the concept of justice as perceived by philosophers John Stuart Mill and Aristotle. Four sourc...
In five pages analogy is defined and then related to these two philosophers as they are used in Rousseau's The Social Contract and...
In six pages Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes and Second Treatise of Civil Government by John Locke are discussed in an examination of h...
One of the questions that has plagued theologians, Biblical scholars, philosophers and others has to do with God and evil. How can...
existed, though they had differing views on the interpretation of goodness. For St. Augustine, true happiness could only be found...
In two pages this paper contrasts and compares the differences and similarities in the writings of these poets, essayists, and phi...
property, and divine or eternal laws (Gasser, 2007). They did not necessarily agree but they both offered views on what we can ref...
was limited in size in capitalist nations and the one from which most members had hope of escape were they able to work for their ...
The writer discusses the moral and ethical positions of several philosophers including Ayer, Smith, Mackie, Socrates and Glaucon. ...
should he do? In an attempt to capture his youth, he sells his soul and instead of aging, the portrait ages in place of Dorians ow...
one else, ever); that he has the strength of character to keep the trust placed in him; and that he will deal kindly and justly wi...
is located in the brain, shouldnt he be thinking, Im inside looking at my body (Dennett). Unfortunately, he cannot make that switc...
compels one to draw all attention to this one object - to the preclusion of all else, which is most often intrinsically associated...
theories of evaluating this today, such as the Big Bang. That is, there may be a world that has come about, and a cause, but the c...
to combine rational and irrational, and accept it in ones life (Epictetus, 2004). Throughout his first published book Discourses, ...
audience" (66). The reversal refers to a reversal in fortune, which Aristotle believed was classically represented in a fall from...
and Aristotle are philosophers who discuss virtue. Yet, Yu (1998) claims that when it comes to virtue, neither Aristotle or Confu...
the fact that "The Buddhists consider the world to be full of sorrow and regard ending the sorrow as the chief aim of human life" ...
Descartes, of course, is remembered as the "father of modern philosophy". A rationalist, Descartes was particularly concerned wit...
equality reversed and he no longer supported the cause of "economic and moral independence" for women in his later years, but rath...
- while a religious man himself - strongly believed to reflect mankinds futile passion toward Gods plan and the failure to realize...
In eight pages this paper examines these 3 primary Greek philosophers in a contrast and comparison of their similarities and diffe...
the same way it does to other phenomena is related to the freedom of the will, a controversy that is still unsettled (Mill, 2003)....
This is the lesson here: that we cannot be full of self-importance because its misplaced. The second quotation is: ""Praise be to...
a thumbnail description of the rise of modern science beginning in the sixteenth century. This discussion offers insight into this...
to begin before the date of the rebellion and consider the events that lead to the events, as well as the events themselves. Bac...
do with something more important than materiality. The poem goes on to complete the first set of wings as follows: "With Thee O le...
greatest minds of his time period (Geocities.com, 2002). Maria Theresa was considerably more conservative (Geocities.com, 2002). ...