Essays on Philosophers

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The Idea of Immortality of The Soul in Plato's Meno and Phaedo

1 page / 537 words

In Plato's Meno and Phaedo, Socrates argues for the immortality of the soul. His goal is to prove that the soul is eternal, meaning that one's soul exists before they are physically alive and continues to exist after they die. His motivation for this argument...

Meno Plato Soul

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Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind in Prisms of Sigmund Freud and Friedrich Nietzsche

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The film, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, tells the story of Joel Barish and his girlfriend Clementine Kruczynski. The movie begins on Valentine’s day, and Joel is about to go to work, but suddenly runs to another train that is heading to Montauk. He...

Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind Friedrich Nietzsche Sigmund Freud

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The Ideal Society in Utopia by Thomas More

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Utopia is a masterwork written by Thomas More, and published in 1516. The island of Utopia is a kind of positive counter-image of what might be England, if it was better governed. Thomas More describes his ideal society which is an island because isolation on...

Thomas More Utopia

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Aspect Analysis of John Locke’s Social Contract Theory

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Introduction John Locke argues that we should study our place in the natural world to shape our system of ethics and politics. The most natural of human behaviors is avoiding pain and seeking pleasure, which means that people are naturally selfish sometimes. He also asserts...

Famous Person John Locke Social Contract Theory

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The Concept of Identity by John Locke

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In chapter XXVII of the essay Identity and Diversity, the author John Locke discusses numerous types of identities and provides multiple examples for these identities. However, to understand identity and its many components we must first grasp the concept of identity itself as understood by...

Famous Person John Locke Personal Identity

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Analysis of John Locke’s Ideology About Property and Private Ownership

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John Locke’s views on property and private ownership have produced a justification, and even an obligation, for Euro-Westerners to take possession of seemingly unused or uncultivated land. In chapter five (“Of Property”) of his book “Second Treatise of Government”, Locke uses his reasoning for the...

John Locke

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Biography of John Locke and His Works

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John Locke was born on August 29, 1632 in Wrington, Somerset, England. His father, John Locke was a lawyer and small landowner who had served for the Parliamentary forces during the English Civil War and also served as a clerk to the Justices of the...

John Locke

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Comparison of Thomas Hobbes’ Social Contract Theory and Jean-jacques Rousseau’s Theory of Natural Law

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Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were 17th and 18th century scholars with comparable yet differing hypotheses about human nature. Rousseau’s theory is based on man living in a state of harmony with nature while Hobbes theory assumes that human nature is naturally violent and competitive....

Rousseau Society

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Albert Camus’ Idea of Life Having No Meaning in "The Myth of Sisyphus"

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Introduction Today, we find ourselves striving to find meaning in our lives by attending university, finding a career, and making enough money to live comfortably. Some may say that life is worth living because of this search. Others, such as Albert Camus, claim that our...

Albert Camus Meaning of Life The Myth of Sisyphus

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The Question of Suicide in Albert Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus

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Albert Camus studied the philosophy of the absurd and decided that, to him, the most important philosophical question was “why not commit suicide?” In “The Myth of Sisyphus: An Absurd reasoning” (1942), he discusses his thoughts on the answer to this question. He considers the...

Albert Camus Short Story The Myth of Sisyphus

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The Absurdity of Life in The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus

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The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus is a philosophical essay written in 1942 that addresses the question of whether life is worth living through. From the perspective of the author, people share a similar path to the Greek hero Sisyphus, moving a boulder up...

Albert Camus Personal Philosophy The Myth of Sisyphus

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A Theme of Life Purpose in The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus

2 pages / 982 words

For as long as humans have lived on the earth, they have looked for a purpose, for meaning to what we do. In the essay I read it talks about just that. The essay I read was The Myth Of Sisyphus by Albert Camus. In...

Albert Camus Purpose The Myth of Sisyphus

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The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus: an Allegory for The Human Condition

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There are many reasons why the tale of “The Myth of Sisyphus” is important to Albert Camus, for one, it is an allegory for what it means to be human. Camus expertly dissects Sisyphus’ existence and relates it to three final consequences of human life...

Albert Camus Personal Philosophy The Myth of Sisyphus

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Theme of Absurdity and Human Resilience in "The Myth of Sisyphus"

2 pages / 1106 words

Introduction Philosophical perspectives have long been regarded as a guidebook for humanity. While some of these views may seem abstract and otherworldly, many can be directly applied to everyday life and its myriad experiences. Among the earliest philosophers were Thales of Miletus, often hailed as...

Albert Camus The Myth of Sisyphus

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The Major Contributors to The Scientific Revolution

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The scientific revolution had a very large impact on the advancement of the way people thought about things and the way they examined and viewed the world. Without the scientific revolution we may not have been able to experiment and observe the world the way...

Invention Rene Descartes Scientific Revolution

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Analysis of Aristotle’s Idea of Polis as The Greatest Form of Human Association

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Introduction Ancient Greece was arguably one of the greatest civilizations of all time. Beginning in the 8th century BC and ending around 146 BC, this era introduced some of the greatest innovations in literature, technology, and philosophy. But with such a large civilization came many...

Aristotle Political Philosophy

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Investigation of The Role of Production Within Community Through Tocqueville and Marx’s Theories

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Introduction In this paper, I argue the role of production within a community using both Tocqueville and Marx’s theories. Tocqueville speaks about voluntary association being positive for the community, whereas Marx speaks about forced labor and slavery. Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it...

Community Karl Marx Labor

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Critical Analysis of Aristotle’s Theory of Moral Responsibility Presented in Nicomachean Ethics

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In Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle presents a theory of moral responsibility that involves actions and character acquisition. He examines when and how individuals are responsible, and provides an objection to when people are never responsible for what they do. I first describe the concepts of moral...

Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics Virtue Ethics

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Research of The Views of Nietzsche and Baudrillard on Fake News

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The news platform has evolved over the ages starting from the printing press which came into existence in around 1440s till date. Now we are living in the new era where we have internet which connects people from all around the world regardless of the...

Fake News Friedrich Nietzsche Media Bias