Essays on Philosophers

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Augustine, Nietzsche and The Problem of Evil

5 pages / 2073 words

Evil and its origins is a very difficult subject to comprehend. It is a concept people have been contemplating for centuries. At the forefront of this subject are the arguments put forth by two of the most well-known philosophers in history, Saint Augustine and Friedrich...

Existence of God Friedrich Nietzsche Problem of Evil

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Visibility and Invisibility of The 21st Century Surveillance with Reference to Foucault

5 pages / 2102 words

Punishment has always been a method to show the dominance of the powerful over the weak. But punishment is not complete without surveillance. So a question automatically arises, what is surveillance? Surveillance is like a regulation, a constant power working over each and every person,...

Michel Foucault Panopticism

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Analysis of John Locke's Tabula Rasa Theory

3 pages / 1172 words

Humans aren’t born good or evil. As a small child develops, it becomes either builds a quality character or a damaged character depending on the society he or she is raised in and how it is treated. Societies beliefs are often placed upon us and...

John Locke Tabula Rasa

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The Role of Doubt in Descartes' Philosophy

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In his meditations on First Philosophy, the philosopher Descartes takes it upon himself to break down all his previous assumptions in order to rebuild his knowledge with certain truths. In his first meditation, Descartes establishes three reasons for doubt, including the inability to distinguish between...

Doubt Rene Descartes

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The Effect of War on Society: Analysis of Wilfred Owen and Bertrand Russell

2 pages / 984 words

Introduction The manifestation of war within a society is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon that elicits a wide array of emotions and reactions among individuals. War, as a socio-political event, exerts profound influences on the lives of countless innocent civilians, a fact well-documented in numerous...

Bertrand Russell Dulce Et Decorum Est Wilfred Owen

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Analysis of Compatible Worldviews of Mahatma Gandhi and Bertrand Russell

3 pages / 1297 words

In the search for personal truth and validation in the confusing world that we live in, humanists alike have paved the way for social movements and forward thinking. Amongst such individuals are Mahatma Gandhi and Bertrand Russell. Although raised with different religious beliefs and living...

Bertrand Russell Mahatma Gandhi Worldview

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Analysis of The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russel

2 pages / 922 words

Today, many young people face mental health challenges, especially with the rise of social media. Bertrand Russell’s book, The Problems of Philosophy, offers a way to reflect on life’s deeper questions, which can provide direction for those feeling uncertain. Philosophy not only addresses existential inquiries...

Bertrand Russell

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Albert Camus’ Interpretations of Absurdity in The Myth of Sisyphus

3 pages / 1474 words

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 Meaning of Life The Myth of Sisyphus

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Absurdity of Life in Camus’ Myth of Sisyphus

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Introduction 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...

Albert Camus Meaning of Life The Myth of Sisyphus

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The Value of Teachings of Plato and Sermon on The Mount for a Person

2 pages / 1081 words

“Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven” (William Shakespeare). In this quote, William Shakespeare outlines the correlation between knowledge and religion. Knowledge brings people closer to God, it steers individuals towards a life filled with contentment. The...

Jesus Christ Plato Sermon on The Mount

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Sarah Pomeroy’s Depiction of Pythagorean Women’s Lives

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Introduction The work of Sarah B. Pomeroy, “Pythagorean Women,” aims to provide a comprehensive study on Pythagorean and Neopythagorean women, including their issues, social history, and their writings. Although it is true that there are previous writings by other historians detailing information about famous Pythagorean...

Ancient Civilizations Pythagoras

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Pythagoras and His Countless Discoveries

3 pages / 1294 words

Pythagoras was born in 569 BCE in the island of Samos. As a kid, Pythagoras had 2 or 3 brothers. He and his brothers learned how to recite poetry, recite Homer, and play the lyre. He was raised with his mom, Pythias, and father, Mnesarchus....

Ancient Civilizations Pythagoras

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Damaged Goods: Enuch Controversy of Peter Abelard

3 pages / 1545 words

In The Letters of Abelard and Heloise, the eleventh-century theologian Abelard was ashamed of being a eunuch because of the widely-held beliefs in Western European culture about castration. The term ‘eunuch’ was commonly used to refer to male slaves who had their genitals removed via...

Peter Abelard

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Women Portrayal in The Works of Peter Abelard, Boccaccio, and Margery Kempe

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According the stories of Boccaccio, Margery Kempe, and Abelard and Heloise, it can easily be assumed that religion, culture, and social life in medieval Europe did bring restrictions to the activities of women. Although some women who lived in medieval Europe do show cases of...

Gender Roles Middle Ages Peter Abelard

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Comparsion of Freire’s Pedagogy of The Oppressed and Rousseau’s Natural Education

2 pages / 1064 words

Introduction The realm of education is a canvas on which diverse philosophies and ideologies are painted. Two prominent figures in this vast landscape are Paulo Freire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Freire, born in poverty-stricken Brazil, emerged as a revolutionary pedagogue with his “banking concept of education”,...

Pedagogy of The Oppressed Rousseau

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Kierkegaard’s Concept of Despair in The Filipino Context

6 pages / 2580 words

Introduction While browsing daily on social media accounts, one can see a lot of news headlines that subjects one of the main problems of society today: mental health. It becomes normalize as time passes by, to the extent that it is often being misconceptualize. In...

Kierkegaard

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Soren Kierkegaard’s Views on The Paradoxical Nature of Faith

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Soren Kierkegaard’s Philosophical Fragments seeks to show the limits of reason when it comes to knowledge of the divine. His work is a polemic against idealism, which states that through sheer reason and will alone we can have knowledge of the eternal. However, Kierkegaard argues...

Existentialism Faith Kierkegaard

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The Conceptions of Self and Despair According to Kierkegaard

5 pages / 2348 words

This analysis will examine Kierkegaard’s Despair is the Sickness unto Death, and briefly, Stages on Life’s Way, to explore conceptions of the self and despair. Kierkegaard often uses pseudonyms in his texts to explore a particular viewpoint or to better relate to his readership.  Made-to-order...

Existentialism Kierkegaard

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Comparison of Socrates’ and Kierkegaard’s Views on Truth

4 pages / 1795 words

Socrates would have responded to Kierkegaard’s assertions that; the most important truth is radically individualistic and subjective, that conversing rationally leads nowhere, that faith is the only solution to the problem of happiness, and that faith transcends and even rescinds morality, by questioning what the...

Kierkegaard Socrates Truth