Neither common sense nor the scientific method can necessarily solve these problems or answer these questions. ... Philosophy also answers questions through a method called dialectic. ... The use of this method can be traced to Socrates. ... Platonic dialectic assumes that the truth exists and is accessible to us through diligent practice of the method. ... Logic comes from the Greek word logos, which means reasoned discourse. ...

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Neither common sense nor the scientific method can necessarily solve these problems or answer these questions. ... Philosophy also answers questions through a method called dialectic. ... The use of this method can be traced to Socrates. ... Platonic dialectic assumes that the truth exists and is accessible to us through diligent practice of the method. ... Logic comes from the Greek word logos, which means reasoned discourse. ...

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Excerpts from John Locke [pp. 1-6], and Edmund Burke [pp. 7-11] from this document. This should be regarded as necessary reading for answering the Questions on Locke and Burke. Excerpts From John Locke, Second Treatise of Government: CHAPTER II: LIBERTY AND EQUALITY: [II.4-5 4. To understand political power aright, and derive it from its original, we must consider what estate all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of Nature, without asking leave or de...

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