The Soul
.... embrace a crutch that
serves as an excuse should not be tolerated. A crutch such as no respect for
other's bodies or your own to which you engage in promiscuous sex is deemed as
ignorant; plain and simple. Unfortunately if such actions were to partake and an
unwanted pregnancy was to occur “In cases of incest or rape, obviously the
mother should not have to expose herself to further emotional trauma of carrying
the child full term. However, we feel the view and use of abortion as a means of
birth control is wrong”-Earth Crisis
I stand up for what I believe in, try to do my best and stick to my own
corner. I am not a vegan, but I d .....
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The Symposium: A Philosophers Guide To Love
.... The text goes into many characteristics
about the god or gods that were love , yet for the purpose of this essay, it
would seem relevant to stick with the guidelines and ideals that were presented
in the speeches given by the men. It seemed as though in each of the lectures
given, Plato put a message into each one. Each man brought up valid guidelines
for dealing with love and each should be concentrated on.
The speeches started with Phaedrus who began to state many of the powers of love.
He spoke about the honor between one and their beloved and how it was a great
virtue in a relationship. The point that Phaedrus made .....
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The Ultimate Pet: A Pet Rock
.... of the
others, like a puppy does from a pet store window. When I held the rock in my
hands, I knew it was the one I wanted, and the rock that I needed.
Now as for a name. That was easy. How does one name his cat or dog,
bird or fish? Every pet has a name, so they're not so hard to come with. I
picked "Sparky".
Some people may be thinking, "A rock....what kind of a companion can a
rock be?" Just like a cat or dog, it will sit with me and listen to all of my
problems and worries. The rock won't talk back or give unwanted advice. My
world feels like a better place after a conversation with my pet rock. Best of
all, he .....
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People Are Victims Of A Greater Force: The Environment
.... heart. He then
finds out he got it from his father. It is nice to believe that a five foot
hudred and fifty five pound boy could play in the NBA. But his chance are slim
to none. Michael Jordans son has a better cance than makeing pro than anyone
else. Just like how a rocket scientist son would like to be smarter than
everyone else.
This way of thinking is very negative but is true. We have very little
control of what happen to our lives.
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Plato's Republic: The Virtues
.... has
obtained knowledge. Plato says, "… resourcefulness is obviously a kind of
knowledge… it's not ignorance which makes people resourceful; it's knowledge."
(428b)
The second virtue is courage, which is found in the military section of
the community. Courage is not the virtue of standing in front of a tank and say
it will not hurt me, that is stupidity. Courage is the ability to apply what
you have been taught: what is to be feared and what is not to be feared. Plato
relates retention to courage, "I'm saying courage is a sort of retention…the
retention of notion." (429c) The ability for one to retain what one has .....
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To Tell Or To Lie
.... will make
changes. Just think about the many times we've heard, "If you vote for me, I
will lower the taxes."
Gorgias makes a very clear point regarding the power of the rhetoric.
The following quote from Gorgias expresses the impact that rhetoric can have on
those listening.
I mean the ability to convince by means of speech
a jury in a court of justice, members of the Council
in their Chamber, voters at a meeting of the Assembly,
and any other gathering of citizens whatever it may be.
By the exercise of this ability you will have .....
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To What Extent Does The Nature Of Language Illuminate Our Understanding Of The Relation Between Knowledge Of Ourselves And Knowledge Of Others?
.... secondly that because it has a firm (though not rigid) set of
rules governing the relationships between symbols it allows what would otherwise
be internal concepts that could not be generalised, to be made explicit,
examined in detail and compared.
If we did not have language we would be able to surmise very little about other
humans around us. Non-verbal communication has evolved to instantaneously
communicate ones' emotional state, and generally succeeds in this, however
although it can reveal what a person may be feeling at a particular time, it
says nothing about why those feelings are present and in any case is most
relia .....
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Transcendentalism: The Philosophy Of The Mind
.... takes
place according to the laws of nature. The same people think there is not
necessarily an absolute Being who causes the world to be (Frost 42).
Transcendentalists think nature is a product of the mind, and without the mind
nature would not exist (Santayana 42). These ideas come from the Romantic
traditions which originated in England. The Romantics believed in spiritual
unity of all forms of being, with God, humanity, and nature sharing a universal
soul (Adventures 208).
Transcendentalists came to the conclusion that good and evil were things
only man could control. Their belief of man is that man is part of the uni .....
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Two Brands Of Nihilism
.... reckoning then, all acts are permissible.
With Nietzsche's appearance on the scene, however, arrives the most potent
arguments denying the necessary link between atheism and nihilism. It will be
demonstrated that Nietzsche, in fact, will argue it is in the appeal to divine
proscriptions that the most virulent nihilism will attain.
There is a second sense of nihilism that appears as an outgrowth of the first
that Nietzsche appeals to in his critique of values. It contends that not only
does an active, pious, acknowledgment of a divinity foster nihilism, but also,
the disingenuous worship of a deity that has been replaced in t .....
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Utopia
.... important keys to the establishment of
these communities. It was felt that industrial growth was the key to happiness
for people in the future.
Another visionary, Fourier, was quite the opposite of Saint-Simon. He
Spoke strongly against the use of industry. His opinion was that agricultural
communities would be better suited for this situation. He favored these
communities as he saw them as small, self-sufficient and more importantly, free
from the restraints that were being imposed by civilization.
Experimental societies based on the theories of the utopians were also
set up in Europe and the Unites States. They included Ro .....
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Virtues Of My Life: Order, Courage, Patience
.... Order helps in my
life if I am able and willing to create a schedule for each day, specifically
stating when I should be doing what. If I can achieve order in my own life,
worries and concerns will be eliminated by means of order that will easily
become habit. Russell Kirk also states, "Order is the first need of the soul.
It is not possible to love what one ought to love, unless we recognize some
principles of order by which to govern ourselves." Because of the needs of our
soul, I again agree with Russell Kirk that religion, morality itself, and our
everyday feelings are derivatives of order. Nothing can be achieved without
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What Is Piety
.... he
believes piety is, none of which prove satisfactory to Socrates, leaving the
question unanswered in the end.
The first definition that Euthyphro provides to Socrates is that "the
pious is to do what I am doing now to prosecute the wrong doer" (Plato,
Euthyphro, Grube trans., p. 9). This is merely an example of piety, and Socrates
is seeking a definition, not one or two pious actions. Socrates says "you did
not teach me adequately when I asked you what the pious was, but you told me
that what you are doing now, prosecuting your father for murder is pious (Loc.
cit., 6d, p. 10) Socrates wants to know what piety is "through on .....
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