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interaction with the world, ourselves, and others. Our perceptual capacities are not fixed; they are not static or one-dimensiona...

He created man and should do whatever it takes to support his development and sustenance. To that end, he saw it necessary to main...

me to the airport as an appropriate use of your resources (your time and your car), given our relationship and the circumstances i...

what is not. Descartes method of systematic doubt is to "reject as if absolutely false anything as to which I could imagine t...

they tend to see the world with blinders on. They may not be as sympathetic to another individual if they embrace a particular per...

that is permanent and immutable. It is this world that is more real; the world of change is merely an imperfect image of this worl...

"...no man will benefit from his profession unless he is paid as well" (Plato, 2003, p.28). One can easily see that Plato does not...

when it is expressed as a love of virtue, and justice when it is considered as one of many virtues. For Hobbes, self-interest "ta...

role in eloquent speech. Another similarity is that Cicero, like Aristotle, believes that an effective orator is a person of high ...

this sentiment and states that it is good when each individual realizes their talents and abilities to their fullest. Speaking in ...

academy the first university of its type, he was able to influence minds of the next generation and proliferate his ideas and meth...

the same way it does to other phenomena is related to the freedom of the will, a controversy that is still unsettled (Mill, 2003)....

major argument in favor of poetry; that it was an educational tool that could be used in the instruction of moral values. Sidne...

works are studied to this day. They are unusually clear; difficulty in understanding may come from inept translations. This paper ...

Despite her poor reception by those that disagree with her philosophically, Costello makes many valid points about animal rights. ...

Kamath (2007) goes through all the possible outcomes regarding this dilemma. He explains that if the operation goes forth, there a...

In five pages the perceptions of classical philosophers Machiavelli, Plato, and Aristotle are applied to defense management's ethi...

Hobbes believed that people, when left to their own governance, that is, without official laws and government, live in continual...

of fire (The New York Times, 2008). He lived during the late fifth century BC (The New York Times, 2008). The Eleatic school for i...

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...

virtue by the wayside. Virtuous men and women are well behaved. Aristotle makes a good point. For this theorist, virtue is learned...

plague wreaks death and despair onto the Theban people, Oedipus pride motivates him to make a deal whereby he reveals the identity...

In eight pages this research paper discusses whether or not morality can be reinforced in citizens by the state in a comparative a...

Sixteen brief essays that consist of thirty three pages and eight essays on Kant and or Bentham and eight on Aristotle. There is ...

In fourteen pages this essay examines the perspectives of theorists and philosophers including Albert Einstein, Aristotle, and Ren...

In a paper consisting of eight pages writings such as Politics by Aristotle are used to examine the Athenian Constitution and its ...

The duties of a king to his subjects and their duties to him were viewed somewhat differently by St. Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle....

The contributions of Aristotle to contemporary thought is presented in this overview consisting of four pages. Seven sources are ...

Hylemorphism's preference over materialism in philosophy is examined from the metaphysical perspectives of Thomas Aquinas and Aris...