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- 10841: Plato's Argument For A Just Life
- ... He regulates well what is really his own and rules himself. He puts himself in order, is his own friend, and harmonizes the three parts of himself like three limiting notes in a musical scalehigh, low, and middle. He binds together those parts and any others there may be in between, and from having been many things he becomes entirely one, moderate and harmonious" (443d). Since the aristocrat regulates the ...
- 10842: Justice
- ... a gift. If A were to have to pay more to "society," then she would, in effect, be paying twice. If a permissivist responds with "but she will get rich selling the cure for a high price while thousands are dying," there are basically two responses. The first is that this phenomenon displays the actual value of her product - the price paid in a free market. The second is that any ...
- 10843: Does Science Explain All?
- ... our age and time there is little left unexplained. Science seems able to explain everything with mathematical logic and concrete evidence right before our very eyes. The subject of science is taught in almost every school on Earth. Gone are the days of magic and wonder. The magic of so-called magicians like David Copperfield are a jest. When people attend a magic show everyone looks for the invisible wires and ...
- 10844: The Existence of God
- ... bestowed by a higher intelligence, and so on. The ultimate directing intelligence being God. The next in our line of arguments for the existence of God comes from William Paley, who argues for the teleological school of thought. This mandates that God's existence is proven through the anylazation of a single experience. To illustrate this he uses a analogy of finding a watch. He begins by saying if he stumbled ...
- 10845: Human Perception: An Intimate Look Into The Most Intriguing Aspect of Modern Psychology
- ... distinct possibility that conditioning has the ability to alter perception in a great amount. People often mistakenly identify people for others in many circumstances everyday. For example, I got on the bus to go to school a few weeks ago, and sat down next to a person whom I believed I had talked to the day before regarding a topic. I started to say something, I looked up and realized the ...
- 10846: Utilitarianism
- ... some duty to enable their successors to live better than themselves. An ideal of sustainability, or of a constant level of well-being through time, may be attractive to think of when starting from a high level of well-being. But, it is not so attractive when starting from a low level of well-being. There is nothing inspiring about a consistently maintained level of misery. Yet Barry's view allows ...
- 10847: Existence of Man
- ... subsequent factor in determining our identity is the image, name, or label given to us by society. In other words, what we believe other people think of us. Most people participate in many groups friends, school, family, jobs, clubs, churches and more each contributing to our identity. We have to accept the death of the superman who is alone needing no one, inner directed and indifferent to his surroundings. We see ...
- 10848: Atomism: Democritus and Epicurus
- ... attempt to clarify some of the more questionable postulations. Epicurus' theory is not necessarily superior, but certainly progressive. There is room for discourse on a variety of the Atomists' theories. Since they are the first school of thought from which we have so much written record, there is bound to be divergence of opinion. The areas I have discussed relate only the area of physics. Epicurus attempts to resolve some of ...
- 10849: Aristotle On Friendship
- ... the parties involved have each other's qualities. There is no need to use the other for pleasure or utility. They are in it for each other. As you can see, Aristotle held friendship in high regard. He considered it something to better the society as well as the individual. His definitions of the types of friendships can make one relate to his or her own friends. One can try to ...
- 10850: Plato vs. Aristotle
- Plato vs. Aristotle Plato and Aristotle, two philosophers in the 4th century, hold polar views on politics and philosophy in general. This fact is very cleverly illustrated by Raphael's "School of Athens" (1510-11; Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican), where Plato is portrayed looking up to the higher forms; and Aristotle is pointing down because he supports the natural sciences. In a discussion of politics, the ...
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