--EPICURUS --- IT IS ACENTRAL BELIEF OF MANY RELIGIONS THAT IN ADDITION TOOUR PHYSICAL BODIES, WE HAVE A SOUL THAT LIVES ONAFTER DEATH. OPINION HAS BEEN DIVIDED AMONG PHILOSOPHERS,HOWEVER, AS TO THE EXISTENCE OF AN IMMORTALSOUL. SOME HAVE ARGUED THAT WE DO HAVE A “SPIRIT,”WHICH IS I...
What did Jean Bodin believe and think about human nature? Do Dewey and Piaget concur in their view of pragmatism? How does Hobbes define "the fool"? What does Gandhi's Satyagraha mean? What is Epicurus's view of the human condition?
MADE OF WATER . --THALES OF MILETUS --- NOTHING EXISTS EXCEPT ATOMS AND EMPTY SPACE ; EVERYTHING ELSE IS OPINION . --DEMOCRITUS --- AS THEEARLIEST PHILOSOPHERS EXAMINED THE WORLD AROUND THEM,THEY REALIZED THAT THINGS THAT EXIST MUST BE MADE OFSOMETHING....
Western philosophy began in Greece between the 7th and the 6th centuries BC with Thales of Miletus. He was the first of a group of thinkers, grouped under the label of Pre-Socratics, who theorized about the origins of the universe from a non-religious perspective. The ideas of later philos...
ActiveThemes Milllooks at one last criticism of utilitarianism: some argue that, because utilitarianism allows for exceptions to rules, people will excuse themselves from following the rules when it benefits them at the expense of others. But Mill argues that people can misinterpret any moral doctri...
There is no way to argue with any veracity that Disney and Lucasfilm don't qualify as pros because they won't upgrade the hardware fleet with RAM, new processors, and faster video cards. Many will buy the Mac Pro when it ships — but with no intent...
a plausible case could be made to argue that a fundamental right of Sustitia1—the right not to be subjected to extensive and unnecessary suffering—is being violated. We do not want to lessen the importance of this harm. However, we do want to highlight that this is a harm that can ...
In contrast, half a century later Epicurus found the atomic world not random at all and introduced randomness through the swerve, immortalized by Lucretius: When the atoms are traveling straight down through empty space by their own weight, at quite indeterminate times and places they swerve ever...