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leg only" (Plato). If this were true, if there were only one process in regards to life-death, then everything would ultimately co...

life fulfillment and that a disabled individual should be allowed to die because their quality of life will not allow them to find...

the circumstance. In other words, if something can go wrong with it, that sense is considered inconsequential to the final outcome...

Socrates frequently alluded was the basis for his debates with Gorgias, contending that the degree of abstraction pursued by thoug...

for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...

also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...

around, arousing them and persuading them. He illustrates how people are often irritated by him because they feel they have been r...

as well as the people. When one views the former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, for example, one hardly thinks ab...

Introduction The issues surrounding abortion are complex to say the least. People are polarized on the issue...

the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...

wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...

words, "how does one KNOW that this is the truth". Most of Socrates teaching took place on the steps of a Lyceum, much like an a...

wine and pleasure, and rejecting the cold and structured nature of Apollonian society. For them, to be human is to follow ones bas...

his argument to the priestess who taught him mysteries in his youth, Diotima of Mantinea. Attributing his words to Diotima, Socrat...

background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...

believe. Deweys central thesis is rather controversial, but is seemingly valid, and has withstood the test of time. Indeed, Deweys...

had to be obtained by directing the students mind toward the discovery of what is real and important, then allowing them to deduce...

of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...

charges of impiety and corruption of youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens ("Socrates," 2003). While this ph...

also wrote that one could live justly only if they lived in a just society (Beck, n.d.). Plato had a number of caveats about a jus...

God wills at any particular moment." To this proposition, Nielsen poses three questions: 1. Is being willed by God the, or even a,...

and balances helps to equalize what man truly knows and that which he thinks he knows - the very foundation for identifying weakne...

(Sophocles). In this she is arguing how she has not followed the laws of "men" or even of the gods in this case, but rather per...

In ten pages this tutorial paper imagines a lively dialogue between political philosophers including St. Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle...

he did not know the true cause of an action he would readily admit to not knowing. This should not be mistaken however for a will...

This paper examines the history of philosophy and philosophers. The author discusses key figures in philosophy such as Aristotle,...

who will eventually hold office and decide what to pursue in respect to issues like abortion, stem cell research and capital punis...

Since approximately 700 B. C., astronomy had a great deal to do with keeping time (PG). Natural periods of time were generated th...

In six pages these societies are contrasted and compares as they relate to philosophies expressed in the Bible and the writings of...

upon expressing an objective truth. For example, approving of an action and stating that the action is right can be construed as ...