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men for the society in which they develop. Youngs concepts of justice and mans role in society appear to challenge those prese...

18). Harrison (2006) credits Aquinas as being the "major figure" in the reintroduction of Aristotelian concepts into Western cul...

In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of David Hume and Thomas Aquinas regarding religion and ultimate...

that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...

be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...

In eight pages this research paper considers philosophical perspectives regarding God's existence and includes David Hume's opposi...

While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...

have been the fact that the individual has MS or CP or some other disease. Another reason might have been that they simply were no...

of souls (Frost 104). It is possible that Plato was attempting to use popular belief to promote the teaching of more profound trut...

In a report consisting of eight pages abortion is examined within the context of David Hume's utilitarian philosophy and Aristotle...

In twenty pages this research paper considers philosophical arguments pertaining to God's existence as argued in support and in op...

The duties of a king to his subjects and their duties to him were viewed somewhat differently by St. Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle....

from the Appearances of Nature (Beebe, 2002). In this text, Paley wrote: There cannot be design without a designer; contrivance wi...

or the perception of identity changes through time. For example, someone grows up and has certain experiences and perceptions and ...

In five pages David Hume's definition of morality as a sympathy concept is applied to his contention that moral views do not stem ...

defines it as sort of a liveliness of vividness that accompanies the perception of a new idea. A belief, he says, is more than an...

In six pages this report contrasts and compares the views of Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, and Plato on economic growth in terms of h...

The views of Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle are examined in this consideration of the preference for hylemorphism over materialism i...

Christ. The polytheistic society of ancient Greece was already moving toward belief in a single god by the time of Plato and his ...

this sentiment and states that it is good when each individual realizes their talents and abilities to their fullest. Speaking in ...

it mean for a person to be functioning well-or in this case, to be functioning to his highest capability? Its more than acquiring...

subdivided into passions and reason (Yu 323). So, too, was his moral character, which explained how man could exist as both a soc...

In nine pages this paper discusses how man's best life can be best pursued, concepts of good and evil, and divine knowledge accord...

In a paper consisting of seven pages the philosopher Bonnette is compared with Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle in the contention that...

for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...

In five pages this paper examines how David Hume's perspectives are addressed by Thomas Nagel in his arguments. Three sources are...

truth that transcends the traditional means of understanding or knowing. For Aquinas, reason does have limitations. He writes: "N...

a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...

John Stuart Mill presented his take on the law in On Liberty. This paper contrasts his view with Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics an...

In seven pages the views of Plato, Thomas Aquinas, and Thomas Hobbes are compared and contrasted in a consideration of whether or ...