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Courage, the Theory of the Mean and Aristotle

of any specific society which destroyed the identity of justice and morality as one with the state. Obviously, such thinking serve...

Ethics of Aborting a Product of Rape

play nor a reflection of a womans behavior. Equally disturbing as the act of rape itself is when these acts result in pregnancy. ...

Abortion and Ethical Issues

appears to vary according to just who is considering the question and around such particulars as whose life is being considered (T...

God's Existence and Knowledge

In four pages this paper discusses how God's existence is argued through epistemology with Thomas Aquinas' arguments providing evi...

Mahatma Gandhi's 'Goodl Life' According to Aristotle

In eight pages this paper examines Mahatma Gandhi's life in an application of Aristotle's 'good life' concepts. Two sources are c...

Aristotle's Concepts of Virtue and Happiness

into two intellectual worlds. Aristotle goes on to explain: " but with regard to what happiness is they differ, and the many do n...

Natural Law and Saint Thomas Aquinas

unusual for a theologian (St. Thomas Aquinas, 2002). Aquinas made many significant contributions to philosophy and specifically i...

Sufficient Reason Principle and St. Thomas Aquinas

supported this argument in support of Gods existence, contending that the external world is the ruling force behind the presence o...

Aristotle's Concept of the Tragic Hero Applied to Hamlet

remind the audience that because of his noble status, he must avenge his fathers murder not only for himself but also for the Dani...

God's Existence Arguments of St. Thomas Aquinas

In six pages this paper examines St. Thomas Aquinas' 'proof' that God exists. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

How to Prove That Love Exists

In five pages this paper tries to prove love exists by using Thomas Aquinas' 5 proofs of God's existence. One source is cited in ...

Contemporary American Culture and Plato and Aristotle's Concepts of Human Nature

of human thinking and an awareness of what constitutes the basics of human nature. Their lessons and attitudes are still relevant ...

Thomas Aquinas' Theology and Philosophy

Thomas Aquinas' distinctive theology and philosophy and how it differed from the ancient Greek thinkers are examined in seven page...

Contemporary Science and its Origins

In six pages this paper considers modern science's origins in an overview of how it has evolved since Aristotle's logic concept. ...

How “Oedipus Rex” Fulfills Aristotle’s Concepts of Tragedy

the "tragic flaw." In Oedipuss case, his tragic flaw is his pride. That flaw has to cause him great suffering, but from that suffe...

An Analysis of Causation

When it comes to the beginning of the world, scientists have different theories. Yet, in order to answer questions about beginning...

Summa Theologica Guide for the Perplexed

he could grasp with his own intellect, what he could actually perceive by his own senses, and what a trustworthy person told him. ...

The First Cause and First Mover Arguments of Thomas Aquinas

principle being expressed is that everything which causes change, or gives rise to existence, must be the result of some predecess...

Tragedy Concepts

the audience; and finally, it must be complex (McManus, 1999). Complex here means the plot contains a "reversal of intention (peri...

Three Medieval Theologians on Knowledge and Love

if Charity is "something created in the soul" (Aquinas 17). Without background knowledge on this debate, his points become somewha...

Happiness According to Aristotle

wisdom is real. Hence, there exists an objective, intrinsic morality. There is a right and wrong after all. Of course, determining...

Biography and Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas

The Dominicans were like the Franciscans in that they were a mendicant order wherein the friars "vowed to live faithfully in pover...

God's Existence and Morality

course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...

Existence of God

goodness and evil. They are the opposite ends of a pendulum. If God existed there would be no observable evil. Since we know there...

Philosophically Considering the Existence of God

"the cauldron of competing doctrines which swirled at the heart of the early church...All medieval philosophers drew on his work, ...

Saint Thomas Aquinas and Socrates

teaching, in which he pretended not to know the answers to questions, so that students would come to understanding on their own. ...

Source Credibility and Communications

(2005) notes, if the audience considers that the source is speaking from an objective standpoint or from motives of altruism, then...

History of Rasselas by Samuel Johnson

only one who is not happy. It is not as if the reader has to identify with him in order to understand the point, which is that no ...

Philosophy and Metaphysics

human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...

Not So Tragic Death of a Salesman

("Introduction"). An example of this might be the concept of the senseless murder. Some suggest that this is an oxymoron. After al...