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Essays 1741 - 1770
the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...
Crises arise that usher in change, systems achieve equilibrium for a time and then begin to change again, leading to another round...
acknowledging it as the source from which the mind receives sensory information. However, Kant argued that the mind cannot know th...
In five pages a case study involving whether or not to have a baby or have an abortion is examined in an application of the theori...
manner in order to attain end-E" (Honderich, 1995, p. 436). For example, a person might resolve to pay a bill as soon as it is rec...
of veracity. This is because each segment of humanity is its own little universe and what is held to be truth in one section of th...
highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...
for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...
in his own personal progress at the cost of everything else. He was wholly supportive of the scientific community during the Enli...
constructed and the meaning made perfectly clear so that all understand what types of behavior will be tolerated and which will no...
In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...
We can better understand this by invoking a comparison. A generalist would demand sameness in terms of how something functions ca...
learning, which was the current philosophy of his day (American Philosopher John Dewey). Since the inception of Deweys e...
Each criticized the foundationalist approach advocated by Russell. Rorty (1989, 87), for example, insisted:...
permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...
in earlier times it was regarded only as the poor relation of quantitative research that nearly always was less reliable and far l...
In five pages Aristotle's concept of happiness with an emphasis upon a life of contemplation is discussed. Five sources are cited...
of subjective satisfaction (Seifert, 2003). Moral goodness just is. One looks at a baby or a puppy and thinks that these living th...
agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...
dilemma of a single woman who is part of what the politicians and social scientists refer to as a member of the "working poor" soc...
what one wants, and visualizing it, that one will eventually be free from the gnawing desire. This is true either through attainme...
This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...
In this way, Buddhism became accessible to all, and was able to develop the concept of community which...
Rosenzweig began to struggle with his beliefs regarding Judaism as a young adult. He serious...
however, is preliminary, a basic orientation, if you will, before settling down to discussing the books main argument, which conce...
a certain set of circumstances, and that would not be acceptable as a moral guide. B) Consider a new law that requires people wit...
people must strive for a knowledge that only comes from being true to ones own choice. According to Plato, men and women both hav...
would come about as a natural consequence of romanticism ("Romanticism," 2005). For example, romantic music inspired nationalist t...
This paper discusses the 'realistic' value of realism in a theoretical comparison with nationalism, Marxism, and liberalism consis...
who waste time believing or fearing that which is untrue could not possibly be calm or contemplative; as such, they could change t...