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Substance According to John Locke

philosophy and political theory has been incalculable. Substance In the "Essay Concerning Human Understanding," Locke carefully ...

A Civic Project

in membership in many different kinds of social and civil organizations over the last two generations (Putnam, 1995). The decline ...

The Ideas of John Locke

chapter Locke focuses on property, but the entire Treatise is not exactly like that. The Treatise on the other hand, suggests that...

Inspiring Governments: John Locke

states, in his Second Treatise of Government, Chapter XI, the following: "THE great end of mens entering into society, being the e...

Marx, Engels, and Locke on Social Justice

was in opposition to the patriarchal theory that conferred divine-right grace on any sitting monarch. Locke emphasized human stre...

X Files, Personhood and a Disembodied Mind

In six pages this paper examines an X Files episode form 1998 in a consideration of whether or not personhood can be experienced b...

Education and the 'Blank Slate' Concept of John Locke

In five pages this report discusses the 'blank slate' of the human mind according to John Locke and also considers education's rol...

Innate Knowledge and the Debate Between Nativism and Empiricism

In nine pages the debate between innate or native knowledge as espoused by Kant, Descartes, and Plato is compared with the empiric...

Politics and Self Interest

In eight pages this paper examines the concepts of Niccolo Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke as they relate to politics a...

John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and the Social Contract

In seven pages this paper examines the social contract in concept and incorporates the philosophical views of Thomas Hobbes and Jo...

Concept of the Social Contract According to Thomas Hobbes and John Locke

In six pages Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes and Second Treatise of Civil Government by John Locke are discussed in an examination of h...

Which Have Been More Influential in the West - Japanese Management As A Philosophy Or Set Of Discrete Practices?

Japanese practices, their values and culture in development and the actual practices need to be examined. After this evidence indi...

Purpose and Meanings of Western Philosophy

This research essay considers Western philosophy in an overview of purpose and meanings consisting of five pages and includes an a...

Western and Eastern Philosophical Differences

In seven pages differences that exist between Eastern and Western philosophies are considered with references made to Zen and the ...

Thoreau, Pieper, and Plato on What Philosophy Is

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

Political Philosophy of Socialism

In five pages this paper examines the economic impact of the political philosophy socialism on Eastern and Western Europe. Four s...

Essay Writing Problems for International Pupils

In five pages this argumentative essay considers 3 reasons why essay writing is often disliked by international pupils such as Eng...

Aristotle's Life and Contributions to Western Civilization

negative effects. His father was named Nichomachus and he belonged to the clan or guild of the Asclepiadae (Ross 1; Randall 12)...

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

This tale by Charles Dickens and its Christmas philosophy representation in Western culture are discussed in 5 pages. There are 7...

Comparing the Philosophies of Buddhism and Aristotle

by way of recognition toward such shortcomings that humanity could overcome this "profound error" (Nehamas, 1994, p. 40), diligent...

Analyzing the Orientalism of Edward Said

their own power and superiority. There was no real learning about the culture on the part of the Westerners, but rather a sense o...

Western Society's Elements Compared with Legalism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism

a loved one, we turn inward and find we are more appreciative of the people in our lives. This is not something necessarily taught...

Western Concepts on Imagination and Its Origins

of poetry, since it is the expression of imagination that allows for emotional comprehension. Introduction Imagination i...

The Cultural Heritage of the West and Its Ancient Roots

in the article "Key Iraqi weapons official held" in relation to topics studied in the roots of Western Culture deal primarily with...

Western Civilizations's Pivotal Event

to a calling more suited to their socioeconomic status. In other words, if one were poor, one would be placed on the vocational tr...

Themes of Death and Disease in John Donne, Thom Jones, and Margaret Edson

Edson shows how Vivian uses her poetry as a means for tenaciously clinging to her identity as a person. However, it also becomes c...

Vladimir Lenin vs. John Maynard Keynes

In five pages this research paper examines how Russia continues to languish under Leninism's consequences while Western Europe has...

John Woo's Film The Killer

In five pages this paper reviews the 1989 film by director John Woo entitled The Killer and considers the influence of Western mav...

Western Expansion and John Jacob Astor

In eight pages this paper discusses how Western expansion resulted in large part due to the fur trading efforts of John Jacob Asto...

Directing Style of John Ford

This essay pertains to the directing style of John Ford. Classic Westerns such as "Stagecoach," "Liberty Valance," and "The Search...