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The Modern World Viewed Philosophically

In five pages a philosophical explanation of world events is attempted and the Pakistani position following the World Trade Center...

Opposite Characters Zorba and the Narrator in Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis The Antithetical Characters, the Narrator and Zorba in ' “Zorba the Greek”

as action vs. inaction, doer vs. writer and philosopher, and primitivism vs. modernism. The erudite English narrator of Zorba the...

Perspectives on Time

Barbour, time is merely an illusion (Anonymous, 2000). In his ruminations on time, Augustine contemplates the subjectivity of tim...

Biology from Philosophical Perspectives

In contrast to the views of genic selectionists, then, developmental systems theory has been proposed as a way of incororating and...

Philosophical Theory, Causality, and Substance

said that one can easily recognize in an educated mind the ability to entertain a thought without accepting it; Aristotle taught t...

Philosophy and Pessimism

In five pages this paper examines pessimism and whether or not optimism exists in this philosophical consideration of Voltaire, Sc...

Social Justice Issues

not just, but rapacious (1998). It is instead a theater of adaptive and predatory deception (1998). One can clearly see that Thras...

Pre Socratic and Socratic Philosophical Differences

the soul. In understanding the influence the pre-Socratics had, it is beneficial to consider some of the major questions and the ...

Journeys and Their Philosophical Meaning in 'Inferno' by Dante Alighieri and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

student who is writing about this topic should consider the ways in which the each author develops the philosophical journey of ea...

2 Philosophical Questions Examined

the belief that God created all plants and animals, as well as the universe itself, as recounted in the Old Testament. Evolutioni...

The Philosophy, Meaning, and Value of Being Good

This paper examines the true meaning of the very vague word, good. The author points out that the word has two separate and unique...

Evolution of Evil in Christianity

How evil evolved in Christian beliefs is the focus of this paper consisting of ten pages and how evil has changed in terms of soci...

Knowledge Theories Empiricism and Rationalism

In six pages this paper examines these two philosophical schools of knowledge with the categorical imperative of Immanuel Kant and...

Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder and Philosophical Education

In nineteen pages this paper discusses the philosophical education of teenager Sophie Amundsen in Sophie's World, Jostein Gaarder'...

The Progression and Obstacles in the Development of the Black American Male

9 pages and 8 sources. This paper considers the potential and plausible problems in the development of African American males fro...

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by David Hume

In five pages this research paper considers Hume's philosophical text in an overview of its structure and main points. Six source...

Dialogue Format of Plato

In five pages this report discusses Plato's dialogues in terms of how Socrates regarded his philosophical role and how he was pres...

Overview of Cybersquatting

without her permission, some wonder why others make a big deal about domain names that are only similar to a particular company na...

Overview of Karl Marx's Perceptions and Theories

In five pages such concepts as dialectic method, proletariat and bourgeois, and production's relations and means are discussed wit...

Basic Element Ideologies of Philosophy

and Anaximenes (Is Philosophy Possible?). However, there were a great many others who contributed to the mainstream of postulate...

Perspectives on Universality

(Amin, 1997; p. 8). In many ways we experience, and have experienced, growth of cultures through diversity, which provides us ...

Cumberland County, New Jersey, and Crime

rather rural or suburban, the state has its share of problems. In fact, in addition to boasting beautiful suburban areas, and vaca...

Combatting Theft on College/University Campuses

It is essential for students to be safe especially in a campus setting where they often walk to and from classes and may participa...

Capitalism and Globalization Questions Answered

through their reproductive years, the greater the chance to increase the population (164). For instance, in a culture where the li...

The Existence Of God and Descartes' Argument

simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...

Sports and Drugs

we may wish to consider, for instance, if the testing of an athlete may be seen as ethical, and why bother with the testing anyway...

Philosophy Q and A

While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...

Overview of Perception

are the natural order of things. Are there coincidences, or do no coincidences exist? Much again, has to do with how a person perc...

Ethics From Teleological and Deontological Philosophical Perspectives

taking a life to save two hardly ever arises. How can these outlandish case studies and extreme concepts be applied to administrat...

Philosophical Concepts

of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...