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Philosophy of Good and Evil

In seven pages this research paper discusses how the philosophy of good and evil is analyzed in Christina Sommers' edited essay co...

Nietzsche's Philosophy and Essays

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...

Applications of the Classic Tests for a Just War

under the just intention of abating evil and promoting good, 4. whether other means of rectification have been attempted and war ...

Struggle Between Good and Evi

idea creates a "binary logic," in which evil is conceptualized as an "entity, a quality that is inherent in some people and not in...

Socratic Philosophy and Plato

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, ...

Reasons for the Importance of Friedrich Nietzsche's Philosophy

demonstrate that while the philosopher uses rather simple concepts, his method of production and use of language helps to propel t...

Ethics of the Epicureans

his letter to Men?ceus. In it, he tells Men?ceus that it "is right then for a man to consider the things which produce happiness,...

Philosophy, Humanness and the Concepts of Friedrich Nietzsche

In the context of a greater philosophy perhaps, a philosopher says what he thinks. Yet, he is unwittingly part of a grand plan. Wh...

Good and Evil as Conceptualized by Plato in Meno

In six pages good and evil are examined along with Plato's assertion that evil is not knowingly committed by man. There are no ot...

Othello by William Shakespeare, Direct Prose, and Dramatic Poetry

In a paper consisting of 7 pages Shakespeare's uses of iambic pentameter in his 'good' characters and spoken prose by the 'evil' c...

Laws of Nature in Billy Budd

In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which Herman Melville uses the novel to discuss how nature's laws do not always pr...

Morality and Reason According to Plato, Socrates, and Sigmund Freud

inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, the only life worth living" (Frost, 1962, 84). As this de...

'Evil Genius' and Rene Descartes

significance despite scholarly interpretations to the contrary, because Descartes, himself, rejects this line of reasoning (109). ...

Good and Bad, Good and Evil According to Friedrich Nietzsche

the sense of with aristocratic soul" (Nietzsche, 2002). This development occurred simultaneously with its polar opposite, by whic...

Evil as a Theme in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Dante's Divine Comedy

A research paper addressing the portrayal of evil in Dante's Divine Comedy and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The author draws the c...

Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes

The revolutionary philosophy of Rene Descartes as it is presented within Meditations on First Philosophy is explained in an essay ...

Comparative Philosophical Analysis of David Hume and George Berkeley

In five pages this report compares Hume and Berkeley in terms of their philosophies' differences and similarities particularly as ...

Education and Philosophy

In nine pages this paper examines teaching philosophies in this overview that explores the relationship between philosophy and edu...

Philosophy's Role and Defense of Socrates in Apology by Plato

In two pages this paper examines philosophy's role and human activity purpose as well as Socrates' defense as represented in Apolo...

Jewish Concept of Evil

Jews maintains a direct relation to the way in which the state of Israel exists. The combination of fear and dread that consumes ...

The Tragedy of King Richard III by William Shakespeare and the Evil Protagonist

In five pages this paper presents a psychological analysis of Shakespeare's evil protagonist Richard III....

Evil and Theodicy

the ultimate good. If God has created finite spirits endowed with free will, it must be expected that this free will is going to...

IS HUMAN NATURE EVIL AT HEART

human concept of good and evil - bound by the tenets of yin/yang whereby to everything positive there is a negative, to every dark...

Fields of Philosophy

to discern between what is true and what is opinion has led humanity toward incredible advances in knowledge over the last several...

Humanity Both Good and Evil on The Road

is a bleak and uncompromising look at what mankinds future might be after some unspecified disaster. The picture is ugly and unset...

'Good Country People' and 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

a criminal like that aloose in it. I couldnt answer to my conscience if I did" (OConnor). II. HULGA & THE MISFIT: RELIGIOUS FAIT...

Good and Evil in Sula by Toni Morrison

Nel and Sula. Nel is light-skinned and lives in a tidy, respectable middle class home. Sula is deep brown and lives in a disrep...

'A Good Man is Hard to Find' and 'Good Country People' by Flannery O'Connor

In five pages these stories are compared and contrasted in terms of their portrayals of good and evil and the failings of society....

Friendship Between Othello and Iago According to Friedrich Nietzsche

as falsely inferred, would have good reason in the end to become distrustful of all thinking" (Nietzsche 821). Those who wished a...

Symbolism and Themes in Nathaniel Hawthorne's Stories

an intriguing plot concerning a ministers request to never remove the curious black veil he wears. When he dies, should the congre...