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Worthless 'Unexamined Life' According to Socrates

the two philosophers arose from the manifestation that Gorgias was forever attempting to read between the lines of what Socrates h...

The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom

The writer analyzes the book The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom, which argues that American culture is deteriorating....

Albert Camus on Suicide in Myth of Sisyphus

In three pages this paper discusses how in Myth of Sisyphus Albert Camus' views on suicide are expressed. One source is cited in ...

'Le Renegat' by Albert Camus

In three pages Camus' view of the absurdity of the human condition is explored within the context of his essay but also considers ...

Pleasure According to Aristotle

In six pages Aristotle's view of pleasure in terms of where it resides within the context of a happy life is examined with the ass...

The Early Christians and the Ancient Greeks Comparing Their Gods

Looking at Saint Augustine's 'Confessions' and Homer's 'The Iliad', the author finds characters and situations that represent the ...

Distortion, the Words and Actions of Jesus:

In five pages this paper discusses Jesus' belief that the law of Moses was being distorted and how this view was represented in bo...

American Poverty and Philosophy

The poor in America are considered in a paper consisting of five pages in which various ethical philosophical perspectives includi...

A Human Mind Inquiry

Thomas Reid's philosophical perspectives are examined in this paper consisting of nine pages in terms of perceptual senses, visual...

An Epistle to a Great Psychologist

In a letter of three pages, the author writes a personal epistle to Dr. Freud. This letter reflects a personal response to the th...

Sociological Perspective of 911

the rich, United States does not do enough to help the poor, but rather advocates for multinationals. Globalization has seemingly ...

William E. Paden's Religious Worlds

of Paden as it addresses comparative perspectives, we look at the notions of Jaffee (2002) who specializes in comparative perspect...

Television and Book Fantasy

smart enough to know that their world is not the same as the story worlds to which they are introduced at an early age. Bruno Bet...

Twenty First Century Alienation

psychologically, socially and spiritually. Still, while some people feel fulfilled, a majority appear to be alienated. The main ...

Overview of Galileo

want to discuss how Galileo studied religion with great interest and considerable depth. His ongoing quest was not only to determ...

'Of Identity And Diversity' According to John Locke

based solely upon interpretive existence: 1) For an ordinary physical object (such as a tree) to really exist is for it to exist e...

Education Perspectives of Milton Friedman

private initiatives, takes money away from the public educational realm. They say that public education is in poor shape and so al...

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Truman Capote and the American Dream, a Critique of the American Dream in F. Scott Fitzgerald's “The Great Gatsby” and Truman Capote's “Breakfast at Tiffany's”

Gatsby, and in Truman Capotes Breakfast at Tiffanys, first published in 1958. Both define the American Dream as the exclusive pro...

Government Authority

the government have the right to act? By what measure can one say that an existing government is a rightful one? Hobbess...

Articles on Society and Gender

gender suspect, or at least something that does not fit neatly into the male/female paradigm. This author expresses a view on soci...

Baby Rena and Euthanasia Ethics

bears no resemblance to euthanasia, aside from the fact that both end in death. Guroians Position Guroian maintains that fo...

Campaign Issues in the Presidential Election of 2004

has not sufficiently supplemented the needy systems with cash. In essence, schools continue to fail not because they do not want t...

Issue Positions of 2004 Candidate President George W. Bush

stance on the issues. This paper will outline each. There are several areas where, according to your own political views, ...

John Kerry v. George W. Bush's Views on the Supreme Court Contrasted

of Bush and Kerry are intimately aware, of course, that the judicial branch can override both the President and Congress. They ar...

The 'Political Animal' Known as Man According to Aristotle

parallels between the relationship of the monarch to his people and the statesmen to the free citizen. Similarly, Aristotle also...

Contrasting and Comparing Theories of Public Education

to those in public schools, but the testing does not always bear this out. From a study of Giarellis chapter, it seems likely tha...

Self Love According to Aristotle

we love ourselves, we fill ourselves with love that we then are able to give away (Is Self-Love Justifiable? 2004). If we do not...

Looking at Empiricism and Rationalism

also believed in one realm. Spinoza writes: "By God, I mean a Being absolutely infinite -- that is, a substance consisting in inf...

Machiavelli's Beliefs and Modern Political Relevance

concern the ultimate goal or greater good." In essence, he is arguing, according to Oldham, that the end justifies the means and t...

What Women Want in 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

In this simple summary we see that the Wife of Bath is saying that while women want love and they want beauty and they obviously w...