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Defending Thomas Aquinas' Proof God Exists

basic argument that Aquinas presents for the existence of God. The following is just one way in which this could be addressed: A...

Saint Thomas Aquinas' Theology

the universe reveals that the natural world provides a graduated scale of existence, from lower beings to those that are higher or...

Man's Nature According to Thomas Hobbes and William Golding

the adult world of constraints into an exciting world of fun in the sun, the children come up against the usual banes of social ex...

Nature and Man in Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan

upon human sense organs. The sights, smells, touches, and sounds of pleasurable things gives rise to appetite. Appetite gives rise...

Higher Education and the Curriculum Inclusion of Thomas Paine

(Generation Terrorists, 2004). In England, however, he was looked upon with great distaste as he stood, perhaps, for all that t...

Change and Negotiation of Participant Contracts

get back in school. The issue is what Thomas wants, however. Discussion with Thomas revealed he is afraid his symptoms will cause ...

Utopia of Socialism

theory could exist, if only individuals would work for the good of society instead of placing selfish aims above all else. Wells ...

Concepts of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke

is the part of a wise man to believe them no further than right reason makes that which they say appear credible." In other words...

Thomas Cahill's Sailing the Wine Dark Sea

world. There was nothing that did not deserve serious inquiry. Not only did the Greek society have a curious nature, but they had ...

Various Views on Revolution Causes and Impacts

in our government and our policies. His role extended through the years preceding the American Revolution and on into the early y...

Thomas Hobbes' 'Fool Argument'

he is good and honest, the covenant will be kept. If not, then it is more likely than not that it will be broken. Hobbes (1651) ...

Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes and the Fool's Role

Man has a natural propensity for conflict and human beings form societies not out of their desire for complicit, but out of a fear...

Utopian Literature's Similarities and Differences

be attacked as while many analysts will agree that Plato clearly states this in The Republic, his other works suggest other ideas....

Thomas Leonard's Interpretation of Fidel Castro

in the introduction, wanted nothing to do with Castro and as such did not desire to know anything about him that was normal or per...

Law, Power, and Politics According to Saint Thomas Aquinas

belief at the time (The Radical Academy, 2004). God gives this power to the people as a whole, not to individuals (The Radical Aca...

Politics and Imaginary Dialogues

In ten pages this tutorial paper imagines a lively dialogue between political philosophers including St. Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle...

Life of Thomas Paine

Excise (1772), arguing for a pay raise for officers."5 From the age of 19 onward for 24 years: "Paine held various jobs. He spent ...

Christianity and Whether or not Belief in God Has Become Less Important Than Belief in Jesus Christ

Christ. The polytheistic society of ancient Greece was already moving toward belief in a single god by the time of Plato and his ...

3 Questions on Philosophical Thought and its Effects

like the male philosophers of the day. She was the exception. While by and large, the people saw women as having a subservient pla...

God's Existence and Morality

course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...

Informally Examining Romantic Poets and Poetry

unspoiled by either man or society? In "The Tiger," Blake appears to be pondering the marvels of the world while at the same time...

Bayesian Logic and CoffeeTime's 'Borrow Information'

houses in closer proximity to the university or financial district turn a better profit than those in more outlying locations (whi...

Society and Freedom According to Jean Jacques Rousseau and Karl Marx

There would be less alienation, according to Marx. For Marx, Communism would be equated with freedom, despite the fact that for mo...

Existence of God

goodness and evil. They are the opposite ends of a pendulum. If God existed there would be no observable evil. Since we know there...

Transatlantic Relations and the Impact of the Euro

With the new currency, there is fear that the EU will focus on trade over security issues. In the past, Europe has had a lot of pr...

Preemptive War and Moral Considerations

This itself is also likely to have been influenced by the long Peloponnesian war in which Plato himself was involved. Different me...

Consumerism Perspectives of Thomas Frank and Susan Strasser

the development and marketing of a product--Procter and Gambles Crisco, a solid vegetable shortening that went on the market in 19...

4 Questions on Philosophy, Hobbes and Peirce

power to enforce decisions (Lloyd, 2002). Hobbes also believed that an absolute monarchy was prefereable to other forms of govern...

Philosophically Considering the Existence of God

"the cauldron of competing doctrines which swirled at the heart of the early church...All medieval philosophers drew on his work, ...

Saint Thomas Aquinas and Socrates

teaching, in which he pretended not to know the answers to questions, so that students would come to understanding on their own. ...