Essays on Existence

Conclusion The existence of God has been a big subject in philosophy and efforts to prove or disprove his existence have been taking place since the dawn of time. Notable philosophers such as Rene Descartes, Saint Thomas Aquinas, and William Paley have all conceived arguments...

There so many philosophers that made me seek for wisdom. One of those philosopher is Socrates, a well-known Greek philosopher who is credited as one of the founders of western philosophy. Socrates philosophies were very well received by our modern philosophers. Socrates mentioned that human...

Metacognitive awareness is based on the notion of metacognition. The word Metacognition has its root in the Greek word ‘Meta’ which means going behind and is used to denote the concept which is an abstraction behind another concept. Generally, Metacognition is referred to as “cognition...

When wilt thou awake, O Mother, wake and see As one who, held in trance, has laboured long By vacant rote and prepossession strong The coils that thou hast wrought unwittingly; Wherein have place, unrealized by thee, Fair growths, foul cankers, right enmeshed with wrong,...

Theism is the belief in the existence of the omnipotent, omnipresent and benevolent being. This being’s (debated) existence reveals the difference between religion and philosophy. While religion is based on faith, philosophy is rooted in reason and evidence. Philosophical beliefs are often stronger because where...

In almost all of the existence of humankind, the introduction of the all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good “God” continues to have a longstanding impact. In recent years, many people have been doubting if God is as “all-powerful” or “all good.” This argument is called The Evil...

Doubting is an aspect of thinking. The more we are doubting the more its shows we are doubting. Descartes philosophy greatly drawn much in my reflections in life realities. Rene Descartes really inspire me to his saying “I doubt therefore I exist because when we...

There is a new wave in the world of understanding, a wave that is pushing forward the frontiers of conventional philosophies and scientific views of the philosophers. The most exciting aspect of it is that it connects with ancient spiritual understanding about the exact nature...

Philosophy uses reasoning and logic to investigate things humans are experiencing with their existence in life. It studies close reading, critical thinking and analysis in every philosophers they convey. Each philosophers has their own perspectives in teaching philosophy. On how we glance differently within the...

In recent years, some people have blamed an ancient Bavarian society, the Illuminati for many controversial cases around the world: the Kennedy Assignation (Galer), Thomas Jefferson being an Illuminati agent (Shea and Wilson 49), and many more. Then what was the true Illuminati? By definition,...

Although Epictetus’s Handbook consists of only fifty-three points, it manages to convey clearly the main ideas of Stoicism and how to act based on those principles. Despite the fact that reading all of the points in the Handbook is important in order to get a...

The impermanence of everyday life is complex. It is stated over and over in this linear movement of life with a variety of constants and variables. What is the ‘everyday’? Why is it important to understand it? The term may be attached to other terms...

Introduction to Philosophy Ludwig Wittgenstein once said, “Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of our language”. In this quote Ludwig is basically stating that when we are thinking things philosophically, the language can be very deceiving, it can persuade...