Essays on Philosophical Concepts

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The Impact of Human Selfishness on Nature

2 pages / 977 words

Humans seem to love putting themselves first above all else. It already came to a point where selfishness has become one of the things we acquire because this is us and there’s really nothing we can do about it. We tend to always seek for...

Environmental Issues Human Nature Selfishness

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Man’s Authenticity in The Search for Meaning Through Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy

7 pages / 3411 words

Background of the Study Viktor Frankl‘s s most popular book, Man’s Search for Meaning, is one of the resource where one can understand his life and work. The book details Frankl‘s experiences in the concentration camps. This book of Frankl which has been translated into...

Man’s Search For Meaning Meaning of Life Psychotherapy

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The Problem of Evil in Shakespeare’s Play Richard Iii

1 page / 459 words

The problem of evil is described by the scholastic philosophers of the middle ages, mainly Decartes, Spinoza, Malebranche and Leibniz. The primary development of the philosophical thought on the subject of evil was represented mainly with the starting point of Leibniz, ‘evil was a privation...

Ethics Good and Evil

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Chris Mccandless and The Meaning of Living Deliberately

4 pages / 1873 words

Living deliberately means to live to your standards, to act studiously being aware of everything your actions may cause, and live strategically. Abraham Lincoln once said, “I will prepare and someday my chance will come.” You must always be prepared for anything that could happen....

Chris Mccandless Into The Wild Meaning of Life

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Human Flaws and The Importance of The Open Mind in Jack London’s 'To Build a Fire'

1 page / 635 words

Jack London’s short story ‘To Build a Fire’ tells a tale of a man that perceives his self as perfect in every way. This stubborn individual decides to travel solo, with his dog through the treacherous and uninviting environment of the Yukon. The man clearly...

Human Nature Protagonist To Build a Fire

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The Nature of Evil: Philosophical Views on Genocide

4 pages / 1654 words

Throughout history, and especially in this class, the topic of mass killings such as genocide has been brought up on many occasions and put under the microscope; from the many angles that come from each person that comes in contact with genocide, to the motives,...

Evil Genocide Good and Evil

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Philosophy – The Pursuit of Wisdom

1 page / 434 words

Derived from the Greek language ‘philosopia’ translating to ‘the love of wisdom’, philosophy is a subject matter that most people stray away from, it just seems unnecessary, unimportant but every one of us know that there is something to be gained from it something that...

Human Nature Wisdom

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The Concept of Alienation in The Works of Karl Marx

2 pages / 914 words

Karl Marx was very insistent when it came down to explanation of the nature of society. That is to say, he claimed that capitalism created a hostile, evil environment where people had no choice but to trade their souls for survival. Of course, Marx never...

Capitalism Human Nature Karl Marx

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Collaborative Truth in a Dialogue: Easy to Define, Hard to Find

4 pages / 1911 words

Communication is the trait that brings humanity to the human race. The ability to share, define, and collaborate on ideas with others is what creates society. Since the beginning of time, influential figures have stressed the importance of this process. Plato, a Greek philosopher from...

Dialogue Plato Truth

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Discussion on Whether Free Will is Real Or Just an Illusion

1 page / 645 words

Do we have free will? Free will is an illusion to deceive people in the society. In this essay, I will be discussing why free will is non-existent and is an illusion in our society. I will first be discussing how laws and rules have...

Free Will Society

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Analysis of Criticisms and Supporting Views on The Idea of Free Will

5 pages / 2290 words

Abstract Do we have free will? In this essay, there has been given a brief explanation which is about the Freedom of the will. Analyzing some of the written works associated with Freedom of will, we will sort out the things that have not been...

Determinism Free Will

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The Secret Strengths of Introverts

3 pages / 1260 words

Extroverts have definite and prominent strengths to sustain and subsist. If so, shouldn’t there be an overwhelming population of them, extroverts than introverts? Instead, statistically, there is quite an equilibrium between the two personalities. Such means introverts too inherit similar features for continuance and their...

Human Nature Introvert

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Truth and Nonviolence as Old as Hill: Mahatma Gandhi

5 pages / 2462 words

Today it has been 123 years since Gandhi was born. His assassination was a great shock. But, surprisingly, his demise banded those in India who had lost belief in non-violent co-existence. As a matter of fact, Gandhi’s death taught everyone about the worth of communal...

Mahatma Gandhi Nonviolence Truth

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Pathos, Logos, Ethos in Letter from Birmingham Jail

2 pages / 719 words

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” on April 16, 1963. The logical and well put together letter was written as a response to a statement in the newspaper, which was written by some clergymen. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....

Ethos Letter From Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King Racial Discrimination

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The Role of Fate in Beowulf Epic Poem

3 pages / 1223 words

In the poem Beowulf, written by an unknown author, fate plays a crucial role in shaping who Beowulf becomes. Death, the fate of all men, is not a choice made by humans but an inevitable force controlled by fate and destiny. Just as God gave...

Beowulf Fate God

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My View of The Future of Cars

4 pages / 1596 words

The topic I picked is future cars, like air and flying cars this car doesn’t run off oil like the cars we have now and plus the oil is getting in the air it’s unhealthy to breathe in you don’t have to spend money on...

Automobile Cars Future

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Overview of Confucius’ Classifications of a Gentleman

3 pages / 1226 words

A refined man in the twentieth century is viewed as a man that is affable, neighborly, and kind. Confucius had a similar meaning of what a refined man was, nevertheless he decisively depicted what a man needed to do so as to be viewed as...

Confucianism Human Nature

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Confucius Teachings of Human Nature and The Concept of Gentleman

2 pages / 1024 words

Confucius was famous Chinese philosopher who lived during the Tang Dynasty. He was born around 551 BC and died in 479 BC at around the age of 72. He committed his life to education and took pride in promoting loyalty and respect towards others. Although...

Confucianism Human Nature

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Review of The Book Holes by Louis Sachar

1 page / 644 words

How deep should you dig to change destiny? “From the tip of the steel blade to the end of the wooden shaft” would answer Stanley Yelnats, the character of the novel “Holes” (1998) of the modern American writer Louis Sachar. The story is full of...

Fate Holes Book