Essays on Philosophers

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Accounts of Responsibility, Action, and Character Acquisition in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics

3 pages / 1269 words

In Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle puts forth his theory in relation to one’s responsibility, their character acquisition, and their actions in his book. He also provides objections to his claims, most notably in 1114b, where Aristotle suggests that people may not be responsible for any...

Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics

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Socrates’ Philosophy on The Life after Death

3 pages / 1273 words

What happens after we die is a widely debated and relatively unknow topic that has been brought up many times in philosophy. Different theories have been proposed as to what might happen with the body and soul after the person passes away. This also brings...

Death Personal Philosophy Socrates

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The Meaning of The Allegory of The Cave from Plato’s The Republic

2 pages / 974 words

The Republic is a dialogue that challenges the efficacy of democracy and serves as a foundation on which all political thought is built upon. After the death of Socrates Plato took it upon himself to express his discontent for this political system and its exploitation...

Allegory of The Cave Plato The Republic

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The Views of Aristotle on Who Should Wield Authority in Government

2 pages / 807 words

Aristotle’s Politics is divergent to the Republic created by his predecessor Plato. Unlike Plato’s desire to position both political systems and individuals to mimic a higher form of virtue, Aristotle emphasized practicality. His philosophical work is grounded in our state of nature rather than abstractions...

Aristotle

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The Views of Thomas Hobbes on Politics and Society

2 pages / 800 words

Thomas Hobbes was a famous philosopher in the 17 century who is famous for his books works and his political view on the society. In the late 17th century Thomas Hobbes had a connection between the royalist of the argument between the kings and the...

Public Policy Society Thomas Hobbes

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Evaluation of The Idea of a Deliberation Day from an Aristotelian Perspective

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The idea of deliberation day as set out in the paper co-authored by Ackerman and Fishkin proposes a new national holiday for large scale deliberative polling which gives citizens the opportunity to become better informed about upcoming major elections, to intensely question the candidates on...

Aristotle

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The Issue of God, Religion, and Suffering

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Like you I believe in this mystical supernatural being called God. According to the Bible: God is glorious, infinite, without beginning or end or any limitation at all. He is self-existent, not dependent on anyone for anything. He is consistent and unchanging. He is unconditional...

Biblical Worldview Catholic Church Friedrich Nietzsche

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The Philosophy of Western Civilization

3 pages / 1581 words

The philosophy of Western civilization is said to originate in ancient Greece. Here it revolved around three of the world’s most well-known thinkers; Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Unfortunately, this is not where we will begin our study. While Socrates might have been one of the...

Socrates Western Civilization

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The Significance of Examining Our Beliefs in Plato’s Euthyphro

3 pages / 1275 words

The Platonic dialogue titled the Euthyphro closely examines why it is significant to question our beliefs and views on various subjects. A vital concept that stands out is the idea of Socratic questioning. As discovered through Socrates’ and Euthyphro’s discussion, Socrates deems that questioning is...

Euthyphro Plato

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Socrates Views on Human Wisdom

1 page / 556 words

Socrates has many interesting views on various concepts and ideas. He goes into depth about how these concept and ideas can be detrimental or beneficial to human existence. Socrates is well known for being one of the greatest philosophers in history. He is recognized for...

Socrates Wisdom

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Utopia by Thomas More: The Concept of Truth

3 pages / 1266 words

There is no denying Thomas More’s Utopia is a product of fiction, it is evident by his use of combining fictional characters and places, with characters and places that are in fact, real. Aside from the genera of literature, in More’s letter to Peter Giles,...

Thomas More Utopia

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Rhetorics in Plato’s "Gorgias" and Political Methods in Modern America

1 page / 586 words

Plato’s “Gorgias” is a dialogue that attacks the rhetoric of the politicians in ruling ancient Greece. It uses the voice of the teacher Socrates to express views, and includes the viewpoints and perspectives of Gorgias, Polus, and Callicles as well. Socrates in particular discusses many...

Modern Society Plato Rhetoric

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Injustice and Innocence in The "Crito" Dialogue

3 pages / 1344 words

Being treated like a criminal when you’ve done nothing wrong, is something no innocent person should go through. An injustice like this is not only harmful to the victim (because they know they’re being wrongfully punished), it is also a betrayal to the rule of...

Plato Socrates

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Critical Response to Kant's Moral Philosophy

1 page / 634 words

Introduction We all know that people behave in ways that they call moral at least some of the time. Morality is something we practice and discuss, so what’s the best way to try to understand it? In this essay, I am exploring how Kant is...

Immanuel Kant Morality

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A Reconceptualization of Power and Its Normative Value

2 pages / 1088 words

Power has historically taken on different meanings and functions. For Max Weber, power is merely instrumental, whereas Hannah Arendt sees it as communicative, and Michel Foucault as strategic. Although power is traditionally defined as essentially repressive and negative, I will argue along the lines of...

Hannah Arendt Max Weber Power

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Aristotle’s Artistic Proofs in President Barack Obama's Address

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As we get older, we realize that not many things in life are timeless, but rather fads. That shirt that was trendy in high school, or that band that was always on the radio. Trends come and go, but ethos pathos logos is here to...

Aristotle Ethos Rhetoric

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Reasons for Doing Things Matter

2 pages / 940 words

According to Kant, a good person has morality, freedom, dignity and is accountable for the things they do. Meaning, everything you do whether it is good or bad must have a reason. Acting as humans, there comes a reason and purpose for our choices. From...

Immanuel Kant Morality

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Plato’s Theories of Human Fulfilment

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Plato is known as a psychologist and a philosopher, who was a student of Socrates but also a teacher to Aristotle. Plato’s main goal was to help people to find a sense of complete fulfilment, or what he called “Eudaimonia”. He recorded his thoughts and...

Plato

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The Theory of Dualism by Philosopher René Descartes

1 page / 435 words

Dualism is the theory introduced by philosopher René Descartes in which “the mind and body are both separate from each other; performing separate functions, and yet are intertwined. For example, some body functions are the cause of the mind and vice versa, and yet the...

Rene Descartes Scientific Revolution Theory