Originality Of Philosophy
.... realize just how barmy philosophers truly are. Philosophy is often
translated as the love of wisdom or the love of truth. One way to get a vague
idea as to what philosophy is about is to dissect the subject and investigate
its skeleton. there are many branches in philosophy. Metaphysics is(after-
physics, after Aristotle's book of physics.), and has questions about the
nature of time, categories of existence, including god. Epistemology asks what
is knowledge? what is the difference between knowledge, belief and opinion? Can
we really know anything? How could we know that we did? Logic questions the
truth and even now em .....
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Panopticon: The Ideal Social Order
.... distributing them to the individuals. In
the Panopticon, no one individual shall be granted too much power so as to
place his or her own values upon the masses. The concept behind panopticism is
the distribution of power in order to better society as a whole. The historical
problems with power have proven, when it is unevenly distributed, those with
the power take advantage and impose their values on the public. For instance,
Hitler was given too much power and he massacred millions of innocent people.
The Panopticon, on the other hand, serves to increase the wealth, welfare,
education, and spirituality of society. The Panop .....
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Personal Identity
.... the
fact most people want a place to belong to (not necessary be a location), and
want to have friends, we'll sometimes alter our decision and benefits to just
fit into a group.
When getting into the middle age, the biggest influences will probably
come from your work, religion and friends still. As you can see friend plays a
very big part in everyone's life.
Personal identity plays a major part in my quest for self-knowledge, but
its up to me to choose my own identity.
God created all men equally, but it is up to us to determine whom we
ultimately want to be.
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I Believe: A Code Of Ethics
.... the worst justice system in the world with the
exception of every other system...
I believe in Wally and the Beaver...
I believe I didn't learn anything in kindergarten...
I believe we are all in this together...
I believe that breakfast is the most important meal of the day...
I believe the ozone layer is just fine...
I believe in dedication...
I believe my daughter is a prodigy...
I believe that Kathy Lee is the Anti-Christ...
I believe my dad can still beat me at arm wrestling...
I believe I wouldn't want to beat him...
I be .....
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Personal Identity: Philosophical Views
.... definition of body theory is not
sufficient, since it does not account alterations to the same body. Yet another
problem is numerical. If someone were to get a finger chopped off, would that
finger be considered another person? What if a scientist was to use someone's
DNA and replicate another person with the same body? Surely just because there
are two identical bodies, these bodies cannot be the same person. They would
live two different lives. Therefore, the body theory alone cannot be considered
a necessary and sufficient definition when defining personal identity.
Another common theory of personal identity is the so .....
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Phaedo
.... accurately, they must remove them selves of all
distractions. These not only include physical distractions, but they include
mental distractions and bodily distractions as well. Philosophers must get
used to viewing and examining the world with out any senses. Senses merely
hinder and obscure the truth. Sight for example can be fooled easily with
optical illusions which occur normally in nature. Sound can be very
distracting as well when a philosopher is trying to concentrate. All of these
cloud the judgement, and must therefore be detached from the soul. Socrates
argues that philosophers must view the world around them w .....
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Philosophies Of Socrates, Plato, And Aristotle
.... opinions toward justice and
how people really viewed education.
Aristotle also had his own theories towards his belief of the "right
government". He wanted his results to show happiness among the people.
He'd mainly collect information from studying living creatures and
observing their living habits. He would do this so that he could see what
brought them happiness. His opinion toward life was that all people should live
a fair and happy life. After many attempts of forming the perfect government ,
his facts allowed him to believe that a perfect government could be formed only
by those who have a middle class .....
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Does Plato Believe There Can Ever Be A Just Society?
.... athletics, they need to be
sensitive to prose poetry, and have knowledge of mathematics and science.
Education can not be on specialties, but everything mind, spirit, and body.
Having a well rounded education will help people to communicate in all areas.
The more you know in many different areas the better over all communication a
society has. One of the reason there are inequalities in a society is due to
lack of knowledge. Everyone in the society must to some extent be a philosopher
because they seek education and knowledge. A just society must also have a just
ruler. A just ruler would need to be a philosopher, he would hav .....
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Socrates And Maintaining A Harmony What Is Right And Expression Of Opinions
.... man would choose, particularly when one claims throughout one's life
to care for virtue.@(Crito p.59d) Through the dialogue the questions and
answers within Socrates and Crito establish to major themes in which hold true
throughout the work. The first being that a person must decide whether the
society in which one lives has a just reasoning behind it's own standards of
right and wrong. The second being, that a person must have pride in the life
that he or she leads. In establishing basic questions of these two concepts,
Socrates has precluded his own circumstance and attempted to prove to his
companion Crito, that the cho .....
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Atirtotle's Politics
.... and equal people in civic associations. It serves as the final
arbiter of problems, and stands above individuals and binds their actions. Laws
change habits and training, but are changeable through certain circumstances and
procedures if it is believed to be unjust. The well-being of a society is
contingent upon to what extent its citizens obey the law. A member of the
polis can be defined as someone who can participate in judging (serve as a juror
in the court system), and in governing (serve in public office). A good citizen
must possess moderation, prudence, and justice, and must be able and willing to
rule and be ruled .....
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Seeking Pleasure And Aggression Is Part Of Human Instinct
.... as guidelines for the survival of
humanity. Hay Ibn Yaqzan and The Island of animals, are two different human
experiences that discover our two core human instincts, pleasure and aggression.
In Hay, we will find that his journey with his own instincts is different from
our own human instincts, but it is the same when it comes to the roll of
civilization with dealing with them. On the otherhand, The Island of Animals
tends to dig in our human aggression, and shows how humanity uses civilization
as a curtain to hide behind it.
Freud concept of pleasure and happiness is related to Hay in only one
way. It is not in the k .....
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Reincarnation
.... the body and it does so when a person dies.
This also means that a soul can exist without a body.
2. If we assume that the soul dies with the body it is connected to, than we
will have to assume there is an endless number of souls which is improbable.
3. Matter is enduring and, therefore, so is the soul. If the soul exists after
death, hens it had existed before birth.
Gomertz believes the origin of this belief is in India, where it was
believed that every action had a hidden reaction, other than the obvious one.
This reaction is obscure at first and is only later revealed, sometimes even in
the next life.
Reincarnation in .....
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