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of the same) is "reason" rather than the self-conscious "I." One may then extend the concept from ethical ideas to morality, whic...

lying promise is something that is said in order to achieve a favorable outcome. What if someone has a gun to the victims childs h...

when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." And, for 20th century Catholic theologian Josef Pieper (1904-97), Gods role in...

(2000) presents his argument, his thesis, in stating that "I want to raise and examine the possibility that, however much we came ...

Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...

the old mans money to the poor. While he fears being found out, when he is, the people not only forgive him, but elect him their n...

is good (Frost 84). For Socrates, "a life which is always inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, ...

do not assert any observation sentences (Yancy, 1995). And in fact, science and philosophy truly have a lot in common. Both scient...

that is good. The sun is going down, and it is cold, so that is bad. Evil is something much worse than bad. Obviously, a setting s...

being destroyed, ironically enough, by the very systems designed to preserve them. In his book, he manages to leave no one in th...

of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...

from a state of freedom to a willingness to submit to the states authority? This is the underlying question in the majority of hi...

(Nietzsche, 1974). It does seem to be true that when someone supports old institutions and mainstays they are applauded by the lar...

standing and he is awarded a full scholarship to a prestigious black college. This of course doesnt last long, as through a serie...

her actions as an individual and as a member of the military? Or is there a different moral principle at play? Only Hester can say...

to the average man who does not embark on philosophical pursuits, and does not wonder how the world began but accepts the explanat...

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...

well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...

until midmorning began as a result of his ill health (Gaukroger, 1997). The education he received here, which lasted until 1612 se...

Therefore, realities for these individuals would logically be at a variance. Francis Bacon, considered the father of modern scie...

existence. Thus, he sees himself as something more than a victim. He simply has a less desirable fate than some of his peers. Yet,...

constructed and the meaning made perfectly clear so that all understand what types of behavior will be tolerated and which will no...

When he finally gets the ice cream, he is happy. So was this an example of the past, the present and the future? Not necessarily...

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...

third wife and third child come a year apart between 1936 and 1937, while his next publication - A History of Western Philosophy -...

academy the first university of its type, he was able to influence minds of the next generation and proliferate his ideas and meth...

have an otherwise broad range and potentiality; however, these aspects were often squelched by a need for systematic control. ...

In five pages the sense of wonder Descartes conjures in his Third Meditation regarding the existence of God is examined. There ar...

This paper examines the philosophies of Aristotle as seen in the Nicomachean Ethics, and the views of C.S. Lewis in his work, The ...