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Zen Buddhism Philosophy, Suzuki Roshi, and Immanuel Kant

In six pages this paper examines the philosophical similarities and differences between Suzuki Roshi's and Immanuel Kant's theorie...

The Feminist Philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft

This paper examines the writings and life of Wollstonecraft. The author discusses her philosophical treatise, A Vindication of th...

The Absurd

philosophers and playwrights, addressed themselves to the reality of the absurdity of life and argued that that its reality should...

Life After Death According to Philosophers Heidegger, Ducasse, and Scheler

In this six page consideration of life after death various philosophical arguments are examined in an attempt to draw a definitive...

Aristotle's Life and Philosophical Teachings

In eight pages this research paper examines Aristotle's life and philosophical teachings with criticisms of his teachings also inc...

LIFE STAGES AND CONCERNS OF CONFUCIUS

way of the World explains what a Junzi does when it comes to the dealings of this world Applying the third of Confucius philosop...

Philsophical Issues

ethical theory that supports killing off twice as many people to save half as many because you like them better. That is unethica...

Aquinas by F.C. Copleston

education, Aquinas was exposed to the work of the ancient Greek philosophers. Throughout his writing , Aquinas worked out a relati...

Life's Service and Disservice According to Friedrich Nietzsche

lessons. There is an old saying that claims that those who do not learn from history are bound to repeat it. And although most ag...

Questions on Personal Philosophies Answered

Crises arise that usher in change, systems achieve equilibrium for a time and then begin to change again, leading to another round...

Defending God's Existence Philosophically

In a paper consisting of eight pages the existence of God is predicated on philosophical as opposed to religious supporting argume...

A Personal System of Philosophy

Even in the absence of hard and fast codes of ethics such as those that exist for some professions, there are certain basic guidel...

Philosophy Topics

the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...

What Is the Objective of the Philosophical Investigation?

book by Scott Soames; he asks what 20th century analytic philosophy comes to, and reveals that "Soames thinks its two most importa...

Life and Death Concepts as Perceived by Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle

In six pages this research paper considers how the death concept was applied to the scheme of life through the classical Greek phi...

Aristotle, Aquinas, and Plato on a Man's Best Life

In nine pages this paper discusses how man's best life can be best pursued, concepts of good and evil, and divine knowledge accord...

Afterlife and Socrates

In seven pages this paper examines the religious views of Socrates as described by Plato in Apology with the focus being upon hi...

Personal Morality and Life's Meaning

In nine pages this paper examines the role of personal morality in attaching meaning to life in a comparative analysis of Meno and...

Noted Thinkers on the Afterlife

how the individual, the personality, that is a human being is likely never to experience an afterlife. In this we see that Flew do...

Elizabeth Costello's Views on Animal Rights

Despite her poor reception by those that disagree with her philosophically, Costello makes many valid points about animal rights. ...

Life and Writings of Plato

his writings (Levinson x). Socrates would continue to dominate Platos personal and professional lives for years to come, and woul...

Socrates' Thoughts and Influence

Socrates frequently alluded was the basis for his debates with Gorgias, contending that the degree of abstraction pursued by thoug...

The Myth of Er and Scipio's Dream as They Relate to American Society

not go to reincarnation necessarily, but rather to the idea that death does not end life. On the other hand, New Ageism, Buddhism,...

Discussing Justice and War A Hypothetical Dialogue Between Hector from 'The Iliad' and Socrates from Plato's 'Republic'

you not, such as you are, get your following together and sail beyond the seas? Did you not from your a far country carry off a lo...

Justice Theory of Plato

a humans body. It sought to find pleasure and to find sustenance. "These appetites should not be allowed, to enslave the other ele...

Justice and the Triportite Theory of Plato

So for Plato, this idea extended into both personal and political ramifications. He reasoned that when an individual was doing th...

Perceptions of Socrates by Plato and Aristophanes

profit than seeking knowledge. The schools headmaster was Socrates, and Strepsiades hopes that Phidippides will be able to apply ...

Greek Literature as Reflective of Greek Culture

to the outside, the cave becomes a type of conduit, or birth canal which brings him into the life of actual knowledge. What one ca...

The Republic by Plato and Justice According to Socrates

with sickness, or the pilot who helps friends against "the perils of the sea" (Plato Book I). He then inquires into "what sort of ...

Noble Enchaining the Soul as a Philosophical Proposition

human being from conception to death is encapsulated in a pod. In Platos Cave the only thing that they can see is...