YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Worldly Philosophers by Robert Heilbroner
Essays 301 - 330
"I easily understand that, if some body exists, with which my mind is so conjoined and united as to be able, as it were, to consid...
teaching, in which he pretended not to know the answers to questions, so that students would come to understanding on their own. ...
who waste time believing or fearing that which is untrue could not possibly be calm or contemplative; as such, they could change t...
preoccupation with metaphysical and theological subtleties rather than with biblically based ethics" (Gutek 101). Rather than get ...
the cracks of indigent health care. The hospital quite naturally is concerned about the cost of continuing to provide care for Mr...
the goal of his philosophy was to provide "common sense" (Honderich 754). Differing also from Descartes, Reid argued that the mind...
be an object of science. To this question, Aquinas answers "no." First of all, following the medieval style of reasoning, he posit...
positive reinforcement, for the happiest people are also those who are feeling well and living prosperous lives. These are not me...
little consequence when it came to the knowing the true nature of something. However, Montaigne seems to limit himself in that he ...
the limited liberty that they offered was not sufficient to the majority of Arabs in Algeria (Gildea 17). Albert Camus wrote, in...
is less important than the conversation which takes place, and since the two individuals are from periods in Greek history several...
that appraisal in terms of wrong, immoral, or wicked is appropriate: only in this area that deterrence and retribution as they ope...
considered his philosophy to be heresy. Abbey (2004) notes that the work which gained Diderot the charge of disseminating pornogr...
not likely to live a pleasant life unless you practice moderation; the Epicurean philosophy was an argument for a traditionally mo...
to immigration reform, attacking affirmative action programs, welfare reform and tort reform (1996). Joshua Murachik, quoting Eliz...
enjoyment of what is good, not in the pride that he alone is enjoying it, to the exclusion of others. He who thinks himself more ...
of society. However, Hobbes is also making the assumption that human beings will able to ascertain what is the correct way of doin...
or of material things. Berkeleys philosophical stance of immaterialism or idealism simply denied the existence of matter all toge...
they could, through their will, cause their actions to become universal law. Kant held that only those things that have bee...
doing whatever one wants, with no regard to law (Krause, 2000). If independence must be sacrificed in order to achieve political ...
They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...
too saw that the people needed leadership. The general public was thought not quite capable of making the big decisions. While Mac...
(Locke: The Origin of Ideas, 2003). Locke, unlike many of his peers, denied that certain knowledge was innate for human...
would soon desire to take the car everywhere instead of walking, maintaining his own bodys requirements. Mans pursuit of the dolla...
upon them. For Egan, the teachers role is to allow the students to learn through abstract thought, previously thought too cognitiv...
beautiful. However, how can one make such judgments without purpose? Why is something wrong? If there is no purpose to life no one...
is, there is both free will and determinism. The idea that free will and determinism are one in the same is rare, but it seems ...
knowledge is not as important as faith. That is a significant difference between the two. At the same time, neither admits that hu...
with the use of a random sample, one can say that a conclusion may be drawn. If it is found that children will think like their pa...
like the male philosophers of the day. She was the exception. While by and large, the people saw women as having a subservient pla...