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'Good Life' According to Socrates

interaction with the world, ourselves, and others. Our perceptual capacities are not fixed; they are not static or one-dimensiona...

St. Augustine of Hippo's Confessions

a certain inclination towards laziness. In discussing his childhood, Augustines theories toward education come out. He adamantly r...

Plato's Writings and Security Disturbance

In five pages this paper examines how individual strength increases as a result of security disturbance according to the writings ...

Freedom Determinism More

Different theological philosophies attribute free will and freedom to different other theories. This paper explores libertarian fr...

Examples of Theodicies

boils and sores but Job continues to praise God. Jobs wife tries to get him to curse God. Then, friends suggest he is being punish...

Philosophy and False Relativism

of veracity. This is because each segment of humanity is its own little universe and what is held to be truth in one section of th...

Analyzing the Tribute by Augustine to Monica, His Mother

debate in terms of wanting a peaceful and inner spiritual life and letting go of his past indiscretions (St. Augustine, Bishop of ...

Comparing Poetry Attitudes of Aristotle and Plato

things that are not concrete, but ideas. This type of thinking, the student could state, however, really puts a hold on empirical ...

The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

In five pages Augustine's influence and the significance of the heaven and hell bus ride iare considered in this overview of Lewis...

St. Augustine's Confessions and Concepts of Eternity and Time in Book XI

that it does not exist, a word can be a sign that signifies nothing. God, on the other hand, is omnipotent. He is omnificent. T...

Theorists and Liberation Theology

role in defining oppression and also relieving it. Gutierrezs perspective is presented clearly in his work Theology of Liberation...

Aristotle, Aquinas, and Plato on a Man's Best Life

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

The Similarities in Thinking of Bonhoeffer, Luther, and Augustine

In a paper consisting of six pages the writer argues that despite living in different times these men's concepts and thoughts were...

Marijuana Legality and the Views of John Locke and Plato

In eight pages this paper discusses whether or not the government is justified in legally regulating marijuana use according to th...

Learning, Recollection and Plato's Phaedo and Meno

In three pages this paper considers whether or not learning is new information or simply recollection of past experience according...

Lucius in Apuleius' Golden Ass and St. Augustine

it is interesting to note that the heros first name is the same as both Apuleius himself, as well as the name of the author from w...

Medieval Civilization and Christianity

In six pages Dante's 'Divine Comedy,' 'Beowulf,' 'Song of Roland,' and Augustine's 'Confessions' are examined in terms of gaining ...

Human Dignity According to the UN Declaration on Human Rights, Confucius, Judaism, and Veritatis Splendor

What is the ethical significance of those who are still not given the opportunity to earn a decent wage or eat a balanced meal eac...

Nietzsche, Kant, and Locke Perspectives on Western Philosophical Causality Since Descartes

In five pages the issue of causality and its nature regarding human existence understanding are examined from the philosophical pe...

David Hume and Immanuel Kant

In five pages this paper considers these two philosophers' views regarding empiricism and the origin of reason in a comparative ex...

Human Nature and Sigmund Freud

struggle for life of the human species ( 122). He adds that the sense of guilt is the most important problem in the development of...

Octavia Butler's Dawn, Xinogenesis

In five pages this science fiction novel is examined in terms of the relationships between genetically altered aliens and the huma...

Adaptive Consciousness

Human consciousness has proved very adaptive throughout our existence. This paper discusses the nature of human consciousness and ...

Human Nature and Conflict in 'The Storm' by Kate Chopin

In five pages this paper discusses human nature and the conflict that exists between social expectations and human needs within th...

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Human Nature and Society

This paper examines how the human concept of virtue and its pursuit influence human nature and society within the context of the t...

Tommaso Campanella, Plato, Thomas More, Saint Benedict, and Point of Departure

Rule, was developed as a handbook for new monks entering his order. There are a number of chapters in the rule, most of which pert...

Lives and Learning by Plato and Augustine

text in which he is painstakingly honest, demonstrates that his spiritual path was not easy. It is clear from the beginning that t...

Types of Threats in Confessions by Augustine, Apology by Plato, and the Epic 'Beowulf'

adversely influencing the minds of young boys. Augustines autobiographical Confessions ponders the external social threats of sex...

Erving Goffman's Dramaturgical Approach to Human Interaction

is indebted to both of these predecessors. Kenny (2008) observes that "Anyone familiar with Goffmans dramaturgical approach will n...

Law, Power, and Politics According to Saint Thomas Aquinas

belief at the time (The Radical Academy, 2004). God gives this power to the people as a whole, not to individuals (The Radical Aca...