|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 241 - 250 of 1770 matching essays
- 241: The Stoics and Socrates
- The Stoics and Socrates The question of the reality of the soul and its distinction from the body is among the most important problems of philosophy, for with it is bound up the doctrine of a future life. The soul may be defined as the ultimate internal principle by which we think, feel, and will, and by which our bodies are ... and after death haunting the neighborhood of its body. Nearly always it is figured as something extremely volatile, a perfume or a breath. In Greece, the heartland of our ancient philosophers, the first essays of philosophy took a positive and somewhat materialistic direction, inherited from the pre-philosophic age, from Homer and the early Greek religion. In Homer, while the distinction of soul and body is recognized, the soul is hardly ... of philosophers, and also one of the best known, it is truly unfortunate he left the future so little of his theories. Only through the writings of his students have we any idea of his philosophy. In the writing of Plato much thought is given to the concept of the human soul. Socrates presents the soul having three major ideas associated with it. The human soul is immortal, immaterial, and ...
- 242: I Critical Response To Rosencr
- ... understand the brains, or lack of, behind the two indistinguishable characters. To answer the question in a way that would be particular to them, their beliefs must first be understood. Their love or admiration for philosophy is portrayed throughout the play, thus the answer for their questioning nature. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s philosophical views would be categorized as existentialist. Existentialism is a basic philosophy that states existence precedes essence; an even more elementary explination is believing in nothing but one’s own existence. This belief leaves the two questioning not only their existence but the essence of life and ... beginning was that of normality and not absurdity. One can see that to understand absurdity there must first be an understanding of normality and that can not be done because as existentialism proves, their main philosophy, existence precedes essence. Through questioning the validity of an “absurd world” Rosencrantz and Guildenstern would clearly have proven that absurd can not exist to human understanding. Through existentialist philosophy and the views of the ...
- 243: The Sight of Science
- ... of examining the relationship between objects and expressing them in concise formulas, applied to the entire realm of knowledge, permits him to exercise his own reason to the best of his ability. Since nothing in philosophy is certain, it is evident that he must discover his own philosophical principles. Galileo's views on science and religion, as seen from his Letter to the Grand Dutchess Christina are very radical for his ... of them is the idea of differentiating true faith from superstition. The true faith is derived from th e scriptures and applied only to the matters of salvation, while superstition is a dangerous mixture of philosophy and religion that is applied to the matters where there is no faith involved, such as politics and natural sciences. Unlike Galileo and Descartes, Bacon not only states that religion is not a means of ... is nothing more than "seeking thus the dead among the living." The role of the philosopher in science is different for Bacon and Descartes. Although both of the thinkers are sceptical of the benefits a philosophy may bring, Bacon denies a place for it in science, while Descartes believes that it may still be of some value. Bacon rejects conventional philosophy mainly because it rests on what he considers to ...
- 244: Greek and Roman Influences on Modern Society
- Greek and Roman Influences on Modern Society The Greeks were the first to question the world, and to believe they could understand it. They were the first to study science and philosophy, and carried them quite far. The Romans are credited with much of what we know about law, and even the Constitution was based on their ideas. Democritus is one of the most important Greeks with ... with gods, and today we have more action-packed movies and TV shows. The Greeks were the most original thinkers of the Classical period, but not necessarily the most important. The Greeks invented science and philosophy, and advanced them both greatly, and they refined history and drama. The Romans, however, didn't do anything very new in any of those fields. Their biggest advances were in law. The Roman government was ... similar laws that lasted for many more centuries, called the Codex Constitutionum. This forms the basis for the legal systems of many European countries' legal systems, and that of Louisiana. The Greeks, with their science, philosophy, history, and drama, and the Romans with their refined Greek drama and philosophy, and their law, greatly affected modern society, and many of its influences are evident today. If it wasn't for the ...
- 245: Using the Student Study Sheets in the Classroom
- ... underlying principle here is social freedom, the liberty which we exercise as self-governing members of a local community and which safeguards our pursuit of economic opportunity. In this context, students might see the Federalist philosophy of Alexander Hamilton as based on social control while Jefferson's Republican philosophy was based on social change (though this is only one of many important points of contrast). These two tendencies revealed their self-destructive potential in 1798, when the Federalists exerted control by imprisoning their opponents ... on the purpose and nature of higher education are reflected in his design for the Charlottesville campus. By all these avenues, students are led to recognize the central importance of intellectual freedom in Jefferson's philosophy, its vital function as the enabling force behind the exercise of freedom in politics, religion and society. Students may also wish to consider the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education in the ...
- 246: Origins and Bibliography of the Big Bang Theory
- Origins and Bibliography of the Big Bang Theory ORIGINS: Background & Bibliography ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Assembled for the PHILOsophy Conference of: Computer Connection PO Box 382 BBS (609) 784-9404 Voorhees, NJ 08043 by T.A. Hare Nov. 13, 1985 Topic: Areas of interaction between philosophy, science, and˙religion. Part I - Big Bang (Astronomy) Part II - Unified Field (Particle Physics) Part III - Evolution (Biology). Part IV - Theologic interaction - - - - Part II - Unified Field Theory of Particle Physics: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And God said, "Let there be ... and Dr. Einstein, rev. ed. (1968) Born,Max, Einstein's Theory of Relativity, rev. ed. (1962) Einstein, Albert, The Meaning of Relativity, 5th ed. (1956) Gardner, Martin, Relativity for the Millions (1962) Reichenbach, Hans, The Philosophy of Space and Time, trans. by Maria Reichenbach (1958) Russell, Bertrand, The A B C of Relativity, 3d ed. (1969) Struble, Mitch, The Web of Space-Time: A Step by Step Exploration of Relativity ( ...
- 247: Adam Smith
- ... that he spoke to himself whenever he found himself without company, which was frequent. After his attendance of the grammar school Smith entered the University of Glasgow in 1737 and became a student of moral philosophy. He then transferred to Balliol College, Oxford, three years later. He continued to attend the college until 1746. In 1748 Smith began to deliver a series of public lectures in Edinburgh on the progress of opulence , or on wealth and its increase. In 1751 Smith was appointed professor of logic at Glasgow, and the next year he became the professor of moral philosophy. His subject matter included ethics, law, rhetoric, and political economy or economics. Adam Smith became one of the most influential figures in the development of modern economic theory due to his influential work An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations , written in 1776. But long before he distinguished himself as a political economist he had gained a reputation for his contemplation on moral philosophy. His book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments was first published in 1759 by a much younger thirty-six year old Adam Smith. He wrote his more widely publicized work when he was fifty-three, ...
- 248: Stocism in "Enchiridion"
- ... be and passing away. What brings disappointment and pain is the dependence on what comes to be and passes away. Stoics understand that there is no emotion that cannot be usefully repressed. Stoicism is a philosophy that elevates calm rationality and an acceptance of the misfortunes that life may bring. When I first read the “Enchiridion,” I harshly criticized this attitude of “accepting ones misfortunes.” I thought that acceptance was equivalent ... courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” “The wisdom to know the difference” - I believe that last expression is crucial in understanding the key concept of the Stoic philosophy. Stoicism does not intend to turn human beings into mindless and passive creatures, to deaden their sensibility, and to make them indifferent toward the circumstances they live in. The Stoic philosophy should not keep us from trying to improve our lives and the lives of our fellow men. Instead, Stoicism provides a point of view, which can help us cope with those unfortunate events in ...
- 249: Latin Literature In History
- ... s and for some modern humor as well. The writings of Cicero are the most crucial pieces of documentation of that period (80BC-43BC) available. They take the form of letters, rhetoric volumes, orations, and philosophy. They provide not only a vivid account of the life of the ruling class, but his invaluable volumes of oratory and philosophy were the backbone of Mediaeval moral philosophy, also a major influence on the speeches of European leaders. The period of his writing is rightfully referred to as the “Age of Cicero”. Numerous others contributing literature popularized Cicero’s age as well. ...
- 250: Martin Luther King Jr And Malcolm X
- ... someday achieve full equality with whites. Malcolm X's despair about life was reflected in his angry, pessimistic belief that equality is impossible because whites have no moral conscience. King basically adopted on an integrationalist philosophy, whereby he felt that blacks and whites should be united and live together in peace. Malcolm X, however, promoted nationalist and separatist doctrines. For most of his life, he believed that only through revolution and ... was rebellious and angry. He blamed the poor social conditions that blacks lived in on the whites. "His past ghetto life prepared him to reject non-violence and integration and to accept a strong separatist philosophy as the basis for black survival," (Internet, Malcolm X anniversary). He even believed at one time that whites were agents of the devil. As a result, "Malcolm X recommended a separatist and nationalist strategy for ... everything that gets in its way," (pg. 255, Malcolm X: The man and his times). In his speech "God's Judgement of White America", delivered on December 1, 1963, Malcolm X again promoted his separatist philosophy. "America must set aside some separate territory here in the Western Hemisphere where the two races can live apart from each other, since we certainly don't get along peacefully while we are here ...
Search results 241 - 250 of 1770 matching essays
|
