Essays on Philosophers

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Analysis of The Statement: Does The End Justify The Means

2 pages / 888 words

Niccolo Machiavelli is one of the significant political and philosophical thinkers known by many of us. Machiavelli is primarily known for the phrase "the end justifies the means" which has been continuously a subject of contention with regards to discussions and discourses today (Robertson, 2012)....

Machiavelli

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A Comparative Analysis of Different Theories on People in The Meno by Plato and The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

2 pages / 798 words

When it comes to being human, Socrates and Machiavelli have two totally opposite opinions. In Plato’s The Meno, he believes being human is something you are born into due to the work of the Goddess Persephone: you are recycled into a new life based on...

Machiavelli Meno Plato

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A Study on The Opinion of Karl Marx in Regard to Opposing Capitalism

1 page / 518 words

Introduction Karl Marx believed that the future world’s history is deterministic. During his lifetime there were pockets of revolutionary activity springing up in Germany, Austria, and into Russia. Marx saw this and identified a pattern – a pattern that could only be brought on by...

Karl Marx

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Socrates' Arguments to Prove Soul is Immune to Death in Plato's Phaedo

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Throughout Phaedo, Socrates uses a priori proofs coupled with logic to support his idea that the soul is immune to death and destruction, and will therefore continue to exist after the death of the body. He uses empirical science sparingly as his arguments deal with...

Phaedo Socrates

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Proving Socrates' Innocence Through His Appeal of Ignorance

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The Innocence of Socrates At the age of seventy, Socrates is ordered to the court of law to defend himself and his conduct for two primary reasons: being an atheist (creating false gods) and corrupting the youth. Socrates must defend himself from the lying accusations...

Socrates

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Plato and Rene Descartes' Philosophical Inspirations Used by The Wachowskis in The Matrix Movie

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Introduction According to Critical Thinking and Ethics, very few people qualify as critical thinkers. Critical thinkers can rationally think about what to do or what to believe. Having an open mind is crucial in achieving this because it gives a person the ability to look...

Plato Rene Descartes The Matrix

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A Look at The Effects of Unrestricted Authority as Described in The Book, The Ring of Gyges

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The idea of unlimited power can set you apart from the rest of world, and change who you are and the person you want to become. Glaucon’s point when relaying the idea of the ring of Gyges plays a huge role. Glaucon explains that having...

Plato

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A Look at The Dualism Concept Between The Body and Soul as Depicted in Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes

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Body and Soul Rene Descartes presents in his Meditations on First Philosophy the idea of dualism, the belief that the body and the soul exist separately from each other. Physical human bodies are composed of cells, tissue, blood, organs, skin, a brain and the like....

Rene Descartes Soul

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The Interrelation Between The Form Theory by Plato and The Immortal Soul Concept

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The Theory of Forms and the Immortal Soul The idea of the immortality of the soul in relation to Plato’s theory of forms is akin to the idea of a base and a column. Plato builds upon the theory of forms and the idea of...

Plato Soul

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Analysis of Plato's Idea of Education

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The whole range of the educational system would be in part physical, in part intellectual, and in part moral. If a man cannot withstand moral temptation, then he might sacrifice the interest of the society in order to satisfy his own interests. The process of...

Knowledge Philosophy of Education Plato

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The Judgement by Thamus

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You will find in Plato’s Phaedrus a story about Thamus, the king of a great city of Upper Egypt. For people such as ourselves, who are inclined (in Thoreau’s phrase) to be tools of our tools, few legends are more instructive than his. The story,...

Plato Wisdom

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Kant Project

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Introduction to Kant’s Project Kant’s project consists in making explicit the limits of human knowledge in general, and this is made explicit in the Transcendental Dialectic section of the Critique of Pure Reason in particular. To make sense of this, we must first consider his...

Immanuel Kant

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Similar and Different Views of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke

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Thomas Hobbes was an English Enlightenment philosopher who was considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. He is best known for his book Leviathan which he wrote in 1651. John Locke was another Enlightenment thinker who was thought the be the...

John Locke Thomas Hobbes

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Karl Marx’s Concept of Marxism in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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Karl Marx’s “The Communist Manifesto” informed the world about the political and economic conflict of the proletariat against the bourgeois and by extension, the aristocracy. Marx disputes that the proletariat should possess the means of production and that united, they are able to overthrow both...

Frankenstein Karl Marx Mary Shelley

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The Connection Between Courage and Justice Based on Aristotle's Literature

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Courage and justice have been two highly discussed values throughout the semester, and in this essay I will seek to connect the two together as well as relating the ideas in accordance with Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, The Illiad, and The Epic of Gilgamesh. According to...

Aristotle Courage Iliad Nicomachean Ethics

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John Locke’s and Rene Descartes Opinion on Human Conceptions and Knowledge

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Introduction How can we know if we are a brain in a vat? Can we be sure that we are not the playthings of evil demons? These questions have been discussed by many philosophers in the past, and still, we do not have proof that...

John Locke Rene Descartes

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Analysis of Philosophical Opinions on Law: Hobbes Vs. and Locke

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Introduction Throughout history, perhaps the most widely talked about philosophical pair has been that of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Due to their stark philosophical viewpoints, these men have been used as discussion points throughout classrooms to implement discussions on a variety of topics. Hobbes...

John Locke Thomas Hobbes

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Understanding The Impact of The Catholic Church on Politics in The Prince

4 pages / 1853 words

The Prince by Machiavelli is one of the most influential treatises in human history, conceived by Italian political theorist and diplomat, Niccolo Machiavelli. The Prince is often regarded as one of the first true examples of modern philosophy, most notably, political philosophy, and Machiavelli addressed...

Catholic Church Machiavelli The Prince

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Idealism Like a Philosophical System

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Idealism is philosophical system. In philosophy, idealism is a long-established tradition. The roots of idealism are embedded deep down in history of philosophy, stretched from beginning and extended to present. Idealism can be seen as a system within the field of metaphysics. One might ask...

Philosophy of Life Plato