They are metaphysics, epistemology, logic, ethics, and aesthetics. ... Rationalism is the idea that reason and logic are the basis of knowledge. ... To determine which is more valid or true is not easy. As any philosophical based question, there is no right or wrong answer. ... To me, empiricism is easier to understand and justify that our thoughts are based on our senses and who we are as people. ...

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Claudius orders Hamlet to go into exile in England where it will be easy to have Hamlet killed. ... The cause of the attack is a small plot of land in Poland that is not even worth fighting for, and Hamlet questions the armies willingness to die for something which can not be seen or physically attained, honor. ... The observance of many men ready to take action inspires Hamlet to do the same and he declares: O, from this time forth My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth. (4.4.65-66) Here a declares that he will no longer use reason and logic to formulate the attack on his uncle, the...

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There are times in life that you question the meaningfulness of life. The subject of death is a prime example of how people begin to question the meaning of life. ... Look at your life and ask questions: Am I happy? ... If you have to ask yourself that question then you are further away from the truth than you think. ... That also was the question Plato asked himself about 400 years before Christ. ...

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