Essays on Philosophers

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Actions Done Out of Love Are Always Beyond Good and Evil

3 pages / 1348 words

Critical Analysis of Nietzsche’s Claim: Actions Done out Of Love Are Always beyond Good and Evil Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the renowned German philosophers, cultural critics, and an essayist. Nietzsche’s works on aesthetics, realization, truth, cultural theory, the meaning of existence, language, decency, history,...

Friedrich Nietzsche

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A Comparison of The Similarities and Differences Between The Matrix, Descartes, and Plato

2 pages / 792 words

The synopsis of The Matrix and the readings from Platos and Descartes all have similarities as well as differences. Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts online Get my essay One thing...

Plato Rene Descartes The Matrix

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Evaluation of Three Scholarly Definitions of Reliigon

2 pages / 996 words

Introduction This essay will discuss and evaluate three scholarly definitions of religion. It will use a range of both primary and secondary sources to determine which is the best definition of religion. The essay will examine and assess the beliefs and theories of Emile Durkheim,...

Emile Durkheim Karl Marx

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A Critique of Discourse on Inequality, a Book by Jean-jacques Rousseau

3 pages / 1583 words

How would Rousseau’s General Will eliminate the tendency of individuals to distinguish themselves from each other which he had identified in the Discourse on Inequality? Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts...

Rousseau

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The Noble Macbeth: an Aristotelian Tragedy

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Tragedy is a serious play in which the main character is characterized to have some psychological weakness, thereby going through a series of misfortunes that lead to his destructive end. Aristotle in his Poetics posited that catharsis is the defining feature and definitive end of...

Aristotle Macbeth

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The Topic of Permissible Sexuality in The Philosophy of Sex Drawing from Immanuel Kant, Thomas Mappes and Howard Klepper

4 pages / 1711 words

Of the many topics in the philosophy of sex is permissible sexuality. Philosophy however sometimes tends to overintellectualize the discussion. What makes sex permissible may not be so strict. Drawing from Immanuel Kant’s humanity formulation, I argue that permissible sex requires only informed and voluntary...

Immanuel Kant Personal Philosophy

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John Locke's Idea of The Executive's Prerogative in The Second Treatises of Government

2 pages / 1068 words

Chapter Fourteen of John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government discusses the prerogative of the executive. Locke defines prerogative as the “power to act according to discretion, for the public good, without the prescription of the law, and sometimes even against it” (Locke §160). For Locke,...

John Locke

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The Determination of Truth in Allegory of The Cave, a Book by Socrates

3 pages / 1464 words

Introduction The quest for truth is a multifaceted endeavor, often obscured by the multitude of perspectives from which an event or concept can be perceived. Throughout this semester, I have delved into the complex exploration of truth, leading me to recognize that truth should not...

Allegory of The Cave Socrates

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An Analysis of a Community's Morality in The Republic, a Book by Plato

3 pages / 1499 words

Plato’s Republic is searching for morality, justice and the just state while raising moral questions and examining them from different angles via educational conversations. Socrates claimed that the ideal way to teach philosophy is to have a one to one conversation, so one can raise...

Morality Plato The Republic

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Descartes Vs Locke: The Opposing Arguments on The Origin of Innate Ideas

3 pages / 1415 words

Philosophers over the years have written and evaluated numerous topics in philosophy. Occasionally, these scholars concede to their ideas and sometimes disagree with each other’s thought. Two scholars had distinctive ideas about where innate ideas originate from and how we get these sorts of ideas....

John Locke Rene Descartes

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A Biography of John Locke, an English Philosopher

2 pages / 850 words

Introduction John Locke was born on August 29th, 1632, in Wrington, England. He was raised by two Puritan parents: Agnes Keen and John Locke Sr. His father was a lawyer and had to raise Locke by himself after Keen died during childbirth. By age 20,...

John Locke

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The Philosophical Impact of Plato's Allegory of The Cave on My Perception

3 pages / 1586 words

From the time we are born, our minds are shaped by the environment in which we interact and are taught to view life in a certain way. We are limited by controlling forces that result from what we learn generally and from our parents, siblings,...

Allegory of The Cave Plato

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A Study of Ancient Greece Using Plato's Allegory of The Cave

2 pages / 1015 words

Philosophy dwells on ideas and theories that tend to surpass the thoughts of human perception and the nature of reality. An idea may be perceived idealistic rather than based on knowledge. The following quote, “And now, I said, let me show in a figure how...

Allegory of The Cave Plato

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An Aristotelian Tragedy in The Mayor of Casterbridge

2 pages / 968 words

The Major of Casterbridge Aristotle was one of the greatest philosophers of Ancient Greece. His analysis of the ideal form of tragic plays has become a guideline for later playwrights in Western Civilization. The most important element of Aristotelian tragedy is the experience of catharsis...

Aristotle The Mayor of Casterbridge

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Mortality and Reasoning in Plato's Theories as Well as The Movie Artificial Intelligence

1 page / 406 words

When examining the movie A.I. or “Artificial Intelligence”, the audience is subjected to the questions “What is considered life?” or “Do we know what life is?”. Although this movie is considered science fiction, A.I. is an actual concept and practice that is being implemented on...

Film Analysis Plato Symposium

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The Role of Justice in Aristotle's Work

5 pages / 2326 words

Consider the following list: justice, citizenship, law, happiness (or another goal of human existence). Which of these four is the most important foundation for a political existence, a civilized life? Defend your position by a close analysis of Herodotus and Aristotle. One potential answer is...

Aristotle Justice

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A Review of Immanuel Kant's Philosophy on Lying

4 pages / 1944 words

Lying in engrained into the world’s culture. It has become almost a fundamental in every society and is present nearly everywhere worldwide. But, paradoxically, it is condemned as well. Every major religion, legal statute, and even communal norm advises against telling falsehoods. Philosophers as far...

Immanuel Kant Lying

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Socrates' Idea of The Soul in The Platonic Dialogue

1 page / 497 words

The Platonic Dialogue is written by Plato at the scene of Socrates prison cell and death bed. The government of the time and place of ancient Athens did not want to hear Socrates ideas and did not want to give him freedom of speech. (South...

Plato Socrates

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Death Penalty: Viewpoint of Immanuel Kant

4 pages / 1679 words

The dilemma of whether or not the Death Penalty is ethical is major problem facing society today. The death penalty is given to those who commit crimes deemed by society and government as deserving the infliction of death with crimes such as murder earning this...

Death Penalty Immanuel Kant Utilitarianism