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strive for bigger and better opportunities, to reach beyond what has become comfortable and consistent in order to attain that whi...
of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...
Camus relates the substance of the Greek myth and how Sisyphus was condemned to endlessly roll a rock up a hill in the underworld,...
contributions to ethical and social theory" (Anonymous John Stuart Mill 1806-1873, 2002; MILL.HTM). In his work "Principles of ...
of the same) is "reason" rather than the self-conscious "I." One may then extend the concept from ethical ideas to morality, whic...
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...
the old mans money to the poor. While he fears being found out, when he is, the people not only forgive him, but elect him their n...
well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...
(Nietzsche, 1974). It does seem to be true that when someone supports old institutions and mainstays they are applauded by the lar...
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...
constructed and the meaning made perfectly clear so that all understand what types of behavior will be tolerated and which will no...
in his own personal progress at the cost of everything else. He was wholly supportive of the scientific community during the Enli...
This paper considers how Descartes used doubt to prove his own existence. There are three sources in this five page paper. ...
This essay pertains to the theories of Alfred Adler and Carl Rogers, and discusses their influence on a student's approach to prac...
a world in which there is much pleasure but the people are vicious, unless they derive pleasure from viciousness, which seems to b...
long and interesting historical evolution, and its origins are largely responsible for the reluctance of allopathic medical profes...
serving as common denominators for any potentially unified answer: Mans beliefs are either perceptional or inferential in nature (...
As such, attempting to interpret knowledge, language and meaning is to draw from the innermost recesses of ones existence. Hermen...
as it moves form lower life forms towards more perfect higher forms that are capable of varying degrees of intelligence and ration...
family, and how the state gets into the picture. II. German Political Theory When it comes to German political theory, there...
book may be considered very light reading and perhaps this was the authors intent. After all, he has made a career of trying to re...
would come about as a natural consequence of romanticism ("Romanticism," 2005). For example, romantic music inspired nationalist t...
This paper discusses the 'realistic' value of realism in a theoretical comparison with nationalism, Marxism, and liberalism consis...
Rosenzweig began to struggle with his beliefs regarding Judaism as a young adult. He serious...
what one wants, and visualizing it, that one will eventually be free from the gnawing desire. This is true either through attainme...
Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is t...
will a universal law" (Immanuel Kant). In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can ...
This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...
In this way, Buddhism became accessible to all, and was able to develop the concept of community which...
however, is preliminary, a basic orientation, if you will, before settling down to discussing the books main argument, which conce...