This however is true to all philosophical thought and is part of the very definition of philosophy itself. ... Persistency is the key to maintaining a stable force of habit for which people instinctively learn the moral option. ... Self-actualization is often reliant on friendships of this nature and is associated with the common human bond we share on a subliminal level. ... As the soul is almost universally accepted as an existent entity, it can be "scientifically" explained to have a nature of being. ... They also are not a neutral force, since it is the desire of all humans to fulfill ...

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But, by definition, there can be no greater being. ... Furthermore, everything in motion is put into motion by another force. ... Anselm goes on to argue his second proof, that being nature. He says that nature is the efficient cause. ... Within nature, things are possible to be or not to be. ...

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Aristotle argues that man is political by nature due to speech. ... The unity between a man and woman is Aristotle's evidence that associations form in a state of nature. This natural association of a family unity provides Aristotle support in his claim that, "the state is the creation of nature, and man is by nature a political animal" (Politics Book I.ii.). ... Machiavelli states that politics is not natural, but rather an artificial construct founded by the use of force. ... Although it appears Aristotle and Machiavelli disagree on the role of virtue should play in political ...

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His way of motion is based on logic and the observation of things in nature, which can prove God's existence to those who could not accept or believe God on faith alone. ... That is, an object in motion is put in motion by some other object or force. ... If the being had set forth motion and somehow was destroyed, then is it by definition a God? ... The fact that the definition of God as a being that transcends the senses proves that the argument of motion is based on the faith that a God started motion. ...

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