It is based on the views of some of the great philosophers and scientists of our world. ... David Hume introduced the idea that the universe could have happened by chance and not by design. ... Given an infinite amount of matter in the universe, it is proven that the probability of the atoms that make up this universe as we know it to be with an infinite amount of time is almost a 100% certain to take place. ... (Wells) It's also reasonable to imagine the universe to be infinite in space and time with a never ending series or "Big Bangs" which created this present universe. ... Many thing...

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Philosophers in around the 7th Century B.C. asked questions of such fundamental quality such as "what is our universe made of? ... This is because the theorists do not take note on their religious views and they focus on current ways of life such as atheism and communism. ... Whatever will bring the most amount of happiness to the most amount of people as a way of distinguishing between right and wrong is the view that Bentham took on life. ... Conclusion & Predictions As time goes on , I predict that philosophy will evolve with the views of different societies and their beliefs about the...

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The main difference between the two philosophies lies on how they view the world or the universe. ... In contrast, Eastern philosophy views the totality of the universe. ... In the history of modern philosophy, where the idea of progress emerged, the different elements of reality are subject to separation. ...

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Many predominant modern philosophies in Western civilization are directly traceable to Zoroastrianism through (1) the Greek philosophers Plato, Aristotle, and Zeno, (2) the Roman Stoics, (3) the Manicheans and Saint Augustine of Hippo in the Third Century A.D., (4) the Albigensians of Southern France and Spain in the early Middle Ages, (5) the Italian scholastic philosopher Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century A.D., (6) the Jansenists of France in the 17th century, and (7) the Puritans in England and its American colonies during the 16th and 17th centuries. ... And it was fully concordant wi...

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Plato, through his stories of Socrates and Socrates views, began the debate that has served both as an intellectual argument and an effort to understand human existence for millennia. ... While each illustrates Socrates thinking regarding his willingness to drink poison as ordered by the court, the Crito best illustrates his philosophy regarding his view of life. ... Obviously, Thoreau's antidote to what he saw as the poison infecting the modern "civilized" man was to take to the woods, in order to learn more about the world, what it means to be fully human, and himself: "My purpose in go...

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