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Essays 631 - 660
also believed in one realm. Spinoza writes: "By God, I mean a Being absolutely infinite -- that is, a substance consisting in inf...
and bring the concept back to reality, most people know someone who gets wonderful grades in school, but does not have a lick of c...
for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...
end. The tragic nature of the story does rely on the supposition that Othello is indeed propelled to do something because he is ...
therefore the foundation for human behavior and motivation. Expressivism as a moral philosophy is however flawed, as are m...
serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...
believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...
plot. There is little else that constitutes the plot other than Henry and his brilliant ability to dominate every situation. The...
woman, then she was free to take back her dowry and return to her fathers house (Brians, 1998). While this sounds quite humanistic...
and ones existence. To reach true happiness, Plato contended that people must strive for a contentment that only comes from being...
dramatic action by the end of the play (cathartic release), and falls into two parts comprising a complication and a d?nouement(El...
unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...
the Sophoclean template, time should also be compressed and restricted, with the action of the play taking no more than one day. B...
the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...
is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...
were to consider what is most important in society, most would point to causation. One tries to get to the cause of ones drinking,...
behind such behavior it simply cannot be condoned, inasmuch as society cannot be defined as a scientific expression when it routin...
of fate. In the process, our sympathy is aroused" (The tragic hero). Within this definition, tragedy also is included in that it ...
support for the notion that people must obey the laws of the place in which they are born. How is this accomplished? Aristotle d...
hand, argued that people would be attracted to others and be willing to help others, if they are virtuous (Lorenz, 2003). Virtue i...
However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...
wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...
and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...
his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...
plague wreaks death and despair onto the Theban people, Oedipus pride motivates him to make a deal whereby he reveals the identity...
top the list. The Catholic Church is often quoted as having said, "Give me a child until he is seven and he will always be Catholi...
things that are not concrete, but ideas. This type of thinking, the student could state, however, really puts a hold on empirical ...
(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...
will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...
is aligned with the fact that people are alone all of the time because no one can experience what they are experiencing exactly. I...