Essays on Philosophers

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Confidence in Stupidity: The Connection Between Confidence and Knowledge

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Goethe, a German writer and statesman, once said, “We know with confidence only when we know little; with knowledge doubt increases.” But what is knowledge? A term that philosophers have been in search of for centuries, according to the modern definition, knowledge is facts, information,...

Confidence Knowledge Rene Descartes

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Analysis of Descartes’ Wax Argument on The Existence of God

2 pages / 814 words

Descartes example is simply about the mass difference a lump of wax can have; we may perceive it as one thing when in fact it can be seen as much more. Descartes uses an ordinary lump of wax as an argument about taking things into...

Existence of God Rene Descartes

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Comparison of The Theories of Salvation of Anselm of Canterbury and Peter Abelard

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Christianity has gone through many theories of salvation and religions have branched out solely for the differences in theories of salvation. Different theories argue on the most important aspect of what Jesus Christ did to redeem humanity and therefore save humanity. Some focus on the...

Christian Worldview Peter Abelard

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Analysis of Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind Using Ideas from Freud and Nietzsche

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If you had the choice to erase an ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend from your mind, would you? This is the decision Joel Barrish faces in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Would erasing all memories of a person be worth it in the long run? There...

Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind Friedrich Nietzsche Sigmund Freud

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

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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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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 that...

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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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 life...

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

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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"

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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