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This is particularly true for Jefferson verses Madison and Hobbes verses Locke. Despite their differences in philosophies, ...
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...
the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...
Forrests mother has been able to instill a quiet sense of self worth in Forrest. Despite what anyone says to him, Forrest knows wh...
agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...
and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...
In the context of a greater philosophy perhaps, a philosopher says what he thinks. Yet, he is unwittingly part of a grand plan. Wh...
modification, which dispels ignorance" (Mohanty, 2001). When we cognize we abate ignorance....
of subjective satisfaction (Seifert, 2003). Moral goodness just is. One looks at a baby or a puppy and thinks that these living th...
the effects of "Original Sin" (Hundersmarck 133). While Machiavelli agreed with this stance, he did not do so because of theology....
a mirror which no stone can crack, whose quicksilver will never wear off, whose gilding Nature continually repairs" (Thoreau 188)....
dilemma of a single woman who is part of what the politicians and social scientists refer to as a member of the "working poor" soc...
permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...
is contrasted with "conservative" or "right-wing" ideologies. Within the broader context of political theory. "liberalism" has a d...
Each criticized the foundationalist approach advocated by Russell. Rorty (1989, 87), for example, insisted:...
being destroyed, ironically enough, by the very systems designed to preserve them. In his book, he manages to leave no one in th...
most general - or universal - aspect of things" (Definition of Philosophy). These studies, the definition continues, are not carri...
lying promise is something that is said in order to achieve a favorable outcome. What if someone has a gun to the victims childs h...
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...
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...
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, ...
standing and he is awarded a full scholarship to a prestigious black college. This of course doesnt last long, as through a serie...
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...
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...
well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...
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...