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- 291: Death of a Salesman: Family Hindered By Their Dysfunctional Nature
- ... Biff’s relationship to Happy is also an important factor of Biff’s quest. From simple insight, much can be drawn about the nature of Happy and how he relates to Biff. Happy personifies the philosophy belonging to Willy, and his lack of success proves to Biff the error in that philosophy. Happy’s dispirited nature doesn’t allow him to succeed in life, and his life turns into series of lies and exaggerations, a characteristic of Willy’s philosophy. These lies become so excessive that it shows the pitiful nature of his life. Happy once stated about Willy, "No, that’s not my father. He’s just a guy" (91). By seeing the ...
- 292: Saint Augustine: Confessions
- ... from birth, until we are placed in our graves a generation later. Within it exists history. Without it, we would be aimless and confused. We would not know when we are supposed to be in Philosophy class during the week. We all know what it is, but we can’t explain it. What is this “thing” I speak of? Time. Time is what keeps mankind in stride. Time is what shows ... to help us understand where time comes from, Augustine says that God created all time. This leaves another question on our hands; What was there before God, if he made time? This wouldn’t be philosophy if we did not continually ask questions of this manner. For now, we will stick to the original question. Now that we understand where time comes from (according to Augustine), we have to try and ... interesting book I have ever read to this date, including Jurassic Park. This book raises so many questions which I too wonder about on a day to day basis. This is the type of “stuff” Philosophy is made of. Without these questions, how would we ever know why we do what we do?
- 293: Aristotle
- ... Physics, which gives a huge amount of information on astronomy, meteorology, plants, and animals. His writings on the nature, scope, and properties of being, (I know what one of them means!) which Aristotle called First Philosophy (to him it was "Prote philosophia"), were given the title Metaphysics in the first published version of his works (around 60 BC), because in that edition they followed Physics. His belief of the "Prime Mover ... in the Metaphysics. Other famous works include his Rhetoric, his Poetics (which we only have incomplete pieces of), and his Politics (also incomplete). Because of the influence of his father's medical profession, Aristotle's philosophy was mainly stressed on biology, the opposite of Plato's emphasis on mathematics. Aristotle regarded the world as "made up of individuals (substances) occurring in fixed natural kinds (species)" (more confusing quotes, yippey!). He said ... self-realization as a specimen of its type. Growth, purpose, and direction are thus built into nature." Although science studies many things, according to Aristotle, "these things find their existence in particular individuals. Science and philosophy must therefore balance, not simply choose between, the claims of empiricism (observation and sense experience) and formalism (rational deduction)." One of the most famous of Aristotle's contributions was a new notion of causality. " ...
- 294: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- ... April of 1882, he died of pnemonia in Concord, and was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetary. People knew Emerson was doing people good, he inspired hope in people with his known optimistic attitude toward life. Philosophy There was no easy system of philosophy to Emerson. "He did not pretend to know the truth. The truth is as hard to capture and bottle up as light." [Thomas-250] Emerson was not afraid to say that he was wrong. He ... called, "The American Scholar," he mentioned that in life the scholar often errs with mankind and doesn't give in to his privilege. One basic principle I would say that I like about Emerson's philosophy would be the method of his writing which I often use I my own writing; personification. Attributing human characteristics to something that is not human, makes me feel that it has more symbolic character. ...
- 295: Kundun: An Analysis
- ... that history is merely an invention, full of cultural influence, it is important to consider the fact that different cultural groups will have entirely different accounts of the same event. The film, full of Western philosophy, portrays only one side of the story. In viewing the film it is apparent that it is sympathetic towards the plight of the Tibetans. In the beginning of the film one of the monks recites ... retards the mind of people and society- the opiate of the people. Tibet has been poisoned by religion and your people are poisoned and inferior." The film portrays "the Chinese invasion of Tibet." Following Western philosophy, both the Chinese and communism in general were made out to be monsters. Special reference was made to a few gruesome incidents including nuns and monks being forced to fornicate in the streets and children ... part of their country with the motherland. Another interesting point to consider is the irony in the fact that the film supports the Tibetan crusade and downright opposes the Chinese communist reign in Tibet. Western philosophy drills into our brains over and over the idea that communism is evil and that no good can ever come of it. Therefore, Western thinking automatically, almost instinctively, takes the position that China is ...
- 296: A Comparison of the Medieval and Renaissance Eras
- ... afterlife; Whereas during the Renaissance, the focus was more secular: humans and life on earth. Although these two eras differ in many ways, the most concentrated differences deal with the realms of architecture, painting, and philosophy. Architecture noticeably shifted from religious awe to classical reason between the Medieval era and the Renaissance. During the Middle Ages, architecture was aimed mainly at making advancements in the church. Medieval cathedrals had very distinct ... from the religious-based paintings that were found in the Middle Ages. Perhaps the greatest and most evident way in which the Medieval and Renaissance time periods differ is found in the opposing premises of philosophy. Again, the theme of progression from religious-oriented thoughts in the Middle Ages to the secular ideals of the Renaissance is evident. The Medieval philosopher, Aristotle, proposed the logic that the systematic ordering of knowledge ... putting all their faith in the church and concerning themselves with the afterlife, and began developing practical logic and reason toward living their life on earth. As seen in the differences in architecture, painting, and philosophy, attitudes and morals of people living in the Renaissance were much different and more secular-based than those of people living in the Middle Ages. Medieval times were based mainly on trust in one' ...
- 297: Origin Of Totalitarianism
- ... reminded of science; that is, science with an -logy stuck onto the end of it. This combination of word connotations produces a meaning which seems to be half scientific and half philosophical- in short, scientific philosophy.101 Interestingly, Hannah Arendt wrote that ideologies themselves are "known for their scientific character: they combine the scientific approach with results of philosophical relevance and pretend to be scientific philosophy." This is exactly what Scientology does, as its name testifies. Scientology functions as an ideology, for it orders ideas under the subject matter of a science. Arendt states that the suffix -logy in ideology, and ... addition to this, Scientology uses the E-meter as a lie detector, gradually building a state of fear and paranoia for its members. All the while, the movement continues to rely on a `pseudo-scientific philosophy that has proven itself to be a defining characteristic of the totalitarian ideology. It is only when such an ideology aims to obliterate all opposition, as I will discuss in the following section, that ...
- 298: Rene Descartes
- ... for Searching for Truth in the Sciences which he wrote in France. This book introduced three ideas, one on optics, one on geometry, and one on meteorology. Four yeas later he wrote Meditations on First Philosophy which is his version of a unified and certain body of the human knowledge. The Catholic and Protestant Church was angered by his book, claiming that Descartes’ hope was to replace the teachings of Aristotle. In 1644 he publish Principles of Philosophy which he hoped would in-fact replace Aristotle’s teachings. His last important work was called Passions of the Soul where he explored topics such as the relationship of the soul to the body, the nature of emotion, and the role of the will in controlling emotions. In 1649 Queen Christina of Sweden convinced Descartes that he should come to Stockholm to teach her philosophy. On his way home from one of the queen’s lessons he caught pneumonia in February 1650 and after suffering for a week he died on February 11. Descartes philosophical system of thought is ...
- 299: Intelligent Design As A Theory
- ... design thereby becomes a theory for detecting and measuring information, explaining its origin, and tracing its flow. BIOSKETCH: Bill Dembski has a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Chicago, a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary. Bill has done post-doctoral work at MIT, University of Chicago, Northwestern, Princeton, Cambridge, and Notre Dame. He has been a National Science Foundation doctoral and post-doctoral fellow. His publications range from mathematics to philosophy to theology. His monograph The Design Inference will appear with Cambridge University Press in 1998. In it he describes the logic whereby rational agents infer intelligent causes. He is working with Stephen Meyer and Paul ... Existence of God. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Wittgenstein, Ludwig. 1980. Culture and Value, edited by G. H. von Wright, translated by P. Winch. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Wouters, Arno. 1995. Viability Explanation. Biology and Philosophy, 10:435-457. Yockey, Hubert P. 1992. Information Theory and Molecular Biology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- 300: Martin Luther King
- ... a superior level of morality over whites. This ideology was important for his success in later years. As a result, it helped restrain the use of violence from whites to blacks and vice versa. This philosophy was tested during the Montgomery bus boycott. Before the successful boycott, blacks used violence in order to protest racism. During the boycott, however, on both sides violence was not a measure to be taken. When ... he would have died because the tip of the knife was touching the aorta of his heart. King's will and courage to fight for civil rights was affected by the achievements of Gandhi's philosophy. On February 10, 1959, he toured India and admired Gandhi for his achievements in breaking down the caste system, which was a system in which the hierarchy of social classes dominated the country. His influence ... the impossible. He was an ambitious man who wanted to make a difference in the lives of every American Black. Step by step, he organized demonstrations and made speeches to further strengthen his cause. His philosophy of non-violence played a key role in the success of the right to be free. Carved on his crypt is a phrase he said many times: Free at last, free at last Thank ...
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