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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...

for existence in which the fittest members of a varying population survive, reproduce, and pass on their traits to the next genera...

the mind" then "no physical thing exists outside the mind" (McGreal 252). Third, primary qualities such as solidity, extension, sh...

in earlier times it was regarded only as the poor relation of quantitative research that nearly always was less reliable and far l...

see the usefulness of your food donation, insofar as eating food will improve his health." And there is still yet another agreeabl...

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...

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

the effects of "Original Sin" (Hundersmarck 133). While Machiavelli agreed with this stance, he did not do so because of theology....

and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...

modification, which dispels ignorance" (Mohanty, 2001). When we cognize we abate ignorance....

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

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...

(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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

most general - or universal - aspect of things" (Definition of Philosophy). These studies, the definition continues, are not carri...

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

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, ...

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

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...

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...

highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...

cosmic forces: they comprise the primal and universal psychic energy yet are overlooked * We have to treat our "self" with gentlen...