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In nine pages this paper provides an analysis of Hegel's philosophical masterwork in a consideration of its purpose and structure....

in the Peloponnesian War, which ended in a resounding defeat for Athens in 404 B.C. (Levinson ix-x). While it can be assumed that...

then, where does one go? Which way is correct? Going back to ancient times, Aristotle had a lot to say about virtue. In the Nicoma...

In five pages this paper discusses the grounds for believing in God's existence by discussing philosophical interpretations of fou...

In six pages this paper considers historical materialism according to Engels and Marx in this philosophical overview. Eight sourc...

defines pornography, which is that they do not know what it is, but they know it when they see it (11). Similarly, it is not out o...

consider that if an entity, such as a nation, is to grow and become prosperous there will be enemies and as such perhaps war is es...

human being from conception to death is encapsulated in a pod. In Platos Cave the only thing that they can see is...

course of action is often jumbled. Is the patient cognizant enough to make the correct choices? Many issues come into play when a...

contradictory, which is why he is so controversial. One can take the meaning of Mills writings to suggest that individuality rules...

also be allowed to have their own private property. In Aristotles belief, man is inherently born sinful. Because of this ...

here on Earth. This of course, did not go over well with the Church who was used to organizing everyones life on Earth. Reason, th...

education, Aquinas was exposed to the work of the ancient Greek philosophers. Throughout his writing , Aquinas worked out a relati...

the only way to arrive at this point, he seems to be saying, is to carefully examine anything that one believes with the yardstick...

doubt and thought. If he thinks, then he exists: at least, his mind exists, since what he knows of his body is dependent, again, o...

of knowledge through experience, and so is the basis for synthetic statements that are linked to a postiori knowledge. Kant used ...

horrible situations such as one that would deem them a "vegetable" do have some thinking capacity perhaps. Yet, is a disembodied m...

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

who could argue with that idea? Of course, capital punishment is an ongoing debate and one that has been around for centuries. Als...

normal children do. However, these tasks that ordinary children dont think twice about, offer sincere and daunting challenges to t...

it, these are all abstractions on the concept of the apple in the first place. These notions could not be made without the immedi...

of the world (1993). Yet, one can see this in action in smaller ways. Another way to look at the world is through the model called...

Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...

as a bridge so that people with different understandings can nevertheless come to understand and appreciate one anothers views. ...

"endowed with special grace or powers" (Christian, 2008). It is easy to understand how such claims are perpetuated and reinforced:...

ethical theory that supports killing off twice as many people to save half as many because you like them better. That is unethica...

however, the experience of individuals living under such regimes in the past may well be useful for understanding and interpreting...

leadership, leaders must make a committed examination of the particular context in which they operate. For this reason, it is diff...

to end in failure. This paper will explore the pursuit of happiness in the context of the balance between two traditional extremes...

to explore the views of human nature of Plato and other thinkers, as well as how these views were expressed in governmental form. ...