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compels one to draw all attention to this one object - to the preclusion of all else, which is most often intrinsically associated...

and Aristotle are philosophers who discuss virtue. Yet, Yu (1998) claims that when it comes to virtue, neither Aristotle or Confu...

of the forest as "yellow" tells the reader that the time of year is autumn. This signifies the time of life for the narrator. Fros...

the fact that "The Buddhists consider the world to be full of sorrow and regard ending the sorrow as the chief aim of human life" ...

Descartes, of course, is remembered as the "father of modern philosophy". A rationalist, Descartes was particularly concerned wit...

equality reversed and he no longer supported the cause of "economic and moral independence" for women in his later years, but rath...

on Edmund Burkes Philosophy, 2002). * The traditions therefore which evolve from the life of a nation have a real purpose and usef...

was born in Akron, Ohio and would one day be considered as "the most significant philosopher to have written in English in the sec...

Conceptions of Virtue). Furthermore, it was Plato who argued that love was the essential ingredient in the good life because love...

is that these constructors of the new society are completely ignorant of their own racial, social and economic position within th...

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...

and it was on this that Plato based his philosophical oeuvre (1994). He was not only a disciple of Socrates but a diehard adversar...

challenge to, the assertions of Jonathan Edwards. Ben Franklins autobiography is also characteristic of Enlightenment thought whi...

rich this indicates why he sees a democracy as a deviant state as it is argued that the poor will be the dominant influence on the...

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...

the fomentation of rebellion, and to encourage individuals to occupy themselves with private rather than state matters. He saw it ...

In twelve pages the life of political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli and his important works are analyzed. Four sources are cite...

as the original Greek legal process aspired to achieve such status, it can readily be said that its integrity has been severely co...

idea that concepts and forms had to begin somewhere. How does one know that they are looking at a pink, or a red, or a blue item? ...

is supplemented by innate elements of the intellect (DeLouth, 2002). This theory keyed into the nature-nurture debate. Skipping ...

not apply. First, the tragic hero is supposed to be a combination of good and bad traits. Othello is a Moorish commander who has...

student introduce and summarize Platos "allegory of the cave". The allegory of the cave, as it is commonly known, is a dialogue be...

Rawls, these individuals have what he calls "two moral powers" and explains these in the following manner: (1) One such power is t...

being proper, of conforming to contemporary uses and customs. These rules extend to practically every aspect of our lives. There...

Machiavelli had been imprisoned by the opposing Medici and he saw how the conflict between politicians can destroy what issues are...

of color to drawing (2002). The economy of statement had been seen to be in line with keeping with the new severity of taste (20...

when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." And, for 20th century Catholic theologian Josef Pieper (1904-97), Gods role in...

taking a life to save two hardly ever arises. How can these outlandish case studies and extreme concepts be applied to administrat...

is just one example, but he is still an example of a writer who characterized a generation. Swifts humor and sarcasm demonstrates ...

right to political participation and freedom of religion, became the motivating forces behind the English Revolution of 1640, whic...