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Ralph Waldo Emerson on Spirituality

the individual. For one to realize his best self he had to first discover himself and to learn to trust himself. He believed in ...

Al Qaeda and Bin Laden's Hacker Terrorism Models

term. He points out that "There is no organized body of legislation one might call the law of terrorism, and there is no inherent ...

Friendship Breakdown, Morality, and Logic

friends, but whose definition of "friendship" differs. For instance, person A strongly believes that trust is an essential element...

Readings/Educational Philosophy

the teacher would be naturally drawn to the Socratic method of instruction, which relies on the teacher attempting to bring forth ...

Hegel, Phenomenology and Existentialism

the use of the term "existentialism" as a term to describe a "distinctly human mode of being" (Honderich, 1995, p. 259). Phenom...

Perfectly Virtuous Medieval City

to be happy, but to be happy he has to know what happiness is and how to achieve it (Alfarabi, p. 35). Here we come to the idea of...

Three Essays on Philosophy and Ethics

made to render the greatest happiness for the greatest number. That is all that utilitarianism is equated with. There are differen...

Enlightenment Philosophy and Religion

belief, but at the "priests and their stupid or hypocritical instruments . . we shall think of them only to pity their victims and...

Proactive Approaches to Street Racing and Underage Drinking

is bothersome to the point of creating fear and ask for their help in reaching a resolution. From this interactive encounter, the...

Confucius and Mo Tzu

all their duties to their relations, the people are aroused to virtue. When old friends are not neglected by them, the people are ...

How the Diamond Age Contributes to the Philosophy of Technology

social class ended up in the hands of a poor girl. It was actually stolen by her brother who associated with a bad crowd. It is im...

Jean Watson, Nursing Theorist

move in concentric circles of caring--from individuals, to others, to community, to (the) world" (Vance, 2003). Caring science inv...

Cultural Diversity/Religion in South Africa

doing, we become fully human, but that humanness is reliant on our connections with others. When these connections are good, embra...

Plato's Philosophy and Criticisms

thought that the Theory of Forms was useless when it came to explaining the material world "because the connection between the two...

Three Questions in Philosophy

humans, it is not necessarily the best thing to do. Kant also supports a categorical imperative principle which suggests that some...

Nietzsche And Kierkegaard: Compare/Contrast

- while a religious man himself - strongly believed to reflect mankinds futile passion toward Gods plan and the failure to realize...

Creative Job Hunting

local area. Those individuals purchasing the homes and public buildings are those with the financial means not only to purchase t...

Bertrand Russell: The Value Of Philosophy

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

Democratic Nursing Leadership

ability to empower and grow people" (Gokenbach, 2003, p. 8). Over the past decade, there have been numerous studies that have fou...

Philosophy Topics

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

Personal Teaching Philosophy

may be because he expressed what I believe - learning is a social event and social interaction plays in cognitive development. He ...

Developmental Psychology: Theories

who is considered one of the ten leading educators in American history for setting a significant precedence with regard to human b...

French And Industrial Revolutions: Changes To Society And Philosophy

class conflict and the role of counter revolutionary forces. Georges Jacques Danton had great significance in the French Re...

Conservatism vs. Liberalism: Evolution over Time

Burkes criticisms (Leemhuis, 2003). The "Rights of Men" series was an analysis of the historical basis for the roots of European ...

Frankfurt School & View on Mass Culture

way, attempted to "fix" Marxism and their ideas came to be known as "Critical Theory."5 When Horkheimer became director of the Ins...

The Nature of Man in Society and in Government

himself how to act in every given circumstance; in addition, each person would be "judge, jury and executioner" of any disputes th...

Hemingway's Philosophy of Nihilism

Frederic and Hemingway both drove ambulances, and were both wounded, and both fell in love with their nurses. But, to take a trivi...

Which Have Been More Influential in the West - Japanese Management As A Philosophy Or Set Of Discrete Practices?

Japanese practices, their values and culture in development and the actual practices need to be examined. After this evidence indi...

Augustine, Aurelius And Guibert

Plato and Anselm . He talks about seeking truth and wisdom consistently throughout the text. For Augustine, "Truth is one, and Go...

Plato's Contribution to Understanding Philosophy and Philosophers

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