As the author of several well-known works such as "Treatise of Human Nature" (1739-1740), "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding" (1748) and "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion," David Hume is one of the most influential figures to hail from Great Britain (Morris). ... Rather than direct our conduct/actions, the abstruse form of philosophy regards "human nature as a subject of speculation" in hopes of finding the "principles that regulate human understanding" (Hume 1). ... Central to the understanding of human nature are two propositions of "relations of ideas"...

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This question, including the nature of evidence, is one that both W.K. ... Clifford described how dangerous it could be for humans to base a belief on anything but evidence. ... Clifford's argument's strength comes from its relevance to human nature and the human desire to abstain from creating a future predestined to destruction. ... He also claims that our passional nature controls our intellect. ... James says, "Human passions, however, are stronger than technical rules. ...

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It is forever bound to the world by its very nature. ... So I wonder if science at its purest, untainted by intellectual pride and human presumption, would admit its own shortcomings and consider the presence of something beyond its own hands. ... Creation, nature, things we spoke at length about. ... I believe nature should be enjoyed purely and utterly. ... And that picture was nature. ...

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Human reason and freedom can only be source of moral law that is universal and binds everybody. ... Second, it cannot come from basic principles such as cogito because these ideas stay above human reason and cannot be known and represented. ... Will is always conditioned by objects and nature around us. ... Also, since they are innate, they do not come from human reason and are above human freedom, if morality is based on them then our feeling of obligation will become a must rather than a sentiment. ... Our respect to moral law comes from our own nature as a rational being. ...

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The state of human nature, the state of human nature is a state of war and the theory of absolutism. ... The State of human nature is the characteristics or qualities that make human beings different from anything else. ... Hobbes says that humans in nature tend to be curious about the causes of events and we are also anxious about our futures. ... This is still a state of war, only that it is a state of human nature is a state of war. ... The state of human nature, the state of human nature is a state of war and the theory of absolutism. ...

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Religious experience must be valued as an important contribution to human life; its truth manifests itself in the wonderful ways in which it enriches human conduct and feelings. ... Without religious ideas, therefore, the quality of human life would suffer greatly. ... Freud acknowledges that through time the roles of Gods and Goddesses have evolved but their tasks have remained generally the same; to protect humanity against the dangers of both nature and fate and to protect humanity against the injuries which threaten us from human society itself. ... Freud suggests that it is natural for h...

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According to Hobbes people in the state of nature are equal by nature. ... Hobbes asserts that people are united because of fear of death and social contract provides that power which will control human nature and at the same time provide their safety. ... Besides, he suggested, that the human beings are social animals anyway they would cooperate, since they are so by nature. ... His state of nature is not fixed. ... Human becomes like an animal in the state of nature. ...

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This is to say that theory of anthropocentrism is still evident for stating human beings are the most important entity of the world. ... For them, nature is sacred. ... It could be seen in Taoist philosophy who believed that human beings and nature are co-existence. ... These components include the concept of God, man and nature. ... Unfortunately, man tries to control God and nature. ...

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The philosophes did not accept the scientific revolutionary notion that the laws of Nature express the will of God. ... The philosophes attacked organized religion because it blocked human reason. ... He travels throughout Europe, South America, and the Middle East, and on the way he encounters terrible natural disasters and even more terrible disasters perpetrated by human beings on their fellow human beings. ... In the state of nature, man is prone to be in frequent competition with his fellow men. ... He joins together with his fellow men to form the collective human presence known as soc...

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The works of Plato and Augustine have many similar and contrasting interpretations of the nature and role of philosophy... Similar to Plato's present that evil does not really exist, Augustine believes that wickedness is not a flaw in God's creation, but instead a misdirection of human will to recognize God's perfection. ... Christ was God in human form, and his death showed God's infinite mercy, as it presented Christians with the fact that God is within reach...

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In order to help us understand the meaning of Philosophy we must first understand the long debates regarding what it means to be human, and how "being" differs from "to be". Does an individual become human or is "that" individual only "that" individual? ... Thoreau wrote that he wanted to follow nature's example, to "see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived" (Walden 172). ... Instead, he wrote about his solitary opportunity to observe nature directly. ... He then contrasts such "necessities" with the luxuries or comforts h...

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One of the clearest reasons for Plato's domination of human thought is revealed early in the Timaeus. ... Accordingly, as that model is the ever-existent Living Being, he set about making the universe also like it, But he planned to make as it were a moving likeness of eternity; and, at the same time that he set in order the Heaven, he made, of eternity that abides in unity, an ever-flowing likeness moving according to number - that to which we have given the name time.(31)" Furthermore, Plato continues to appoint this higher being as the creator of humans. With the birth of "the mos...

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Throughout history, humans have been using figures of extraterrestrial royalty to explain natural occurrences when they did not have a scientific answer. ... To maintain a feeling of control over the untamable and powerful earth, humankind personified the forces of nature as relatable humans with magical qualities. ... Blaise Pascal wrote, "We know the existence of the infinite, but are ignorant of its nature, because it has extension like us. But we know neither the existence nor nature of God, because he has neither extension nor limits.... Through time, an afterlife has been a comforti...

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And if this conception of "goodness" is different (or the same), is there a difference between a 20th-century child, so-formed by nature, as Rousseau makes claim, one of the three great teachers, and the 17th-century child? These questions perpetuate a third in my mind, one concerning the goodness of nature and the goodness of man: can we separate "goodness" from nature and man and what would Rousseau say if we tried? ... Self-Realization o Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Sartre has presented the concepts of existence and human freedom in his book entitled Being and Nothingness. ... Distinguishin...

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And if this conception of "goodness" is different (or the same), is there a difference between a 20th-century child, so-formed by nature, as Rousseau makes claim, one of the three great teachers, and the 17th-century child? These questions perpetuate a third in my mind, one concerning the goodness of nature and the goodness of man: can we separate "goodness" from nature and man and what would Rousseau say if we tried? ... Self-Realization o Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Sartre has presented the concepts of existence and human freedom in his book entitled Being and Nothingness. ... Distinguishin...

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In his book An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, he dedicates a section to explain how unlikely miracles are; this is section X. ... (p.149) Basically, he believes that miracles violate the laws of nature. ... Obviously, human testimony can be true or not(either a lie or exaggeration of the truth). ... The laws of nature hold true everywhere, and for everyone. ... I also think that things which act against nature are not very likely to happen. ...

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A system that claims to appropriately coordinate the human demographic to the point where it is perfectly objective. ... In Plato's eyes this is detrimental to the polis and it is appealing to the irrational nature of man to put forth their own interest disguised as the common aggregate interest of the general public... With this, Plato explains how Athens is being run by the wrong souls and as a result corrupts the soul of the ones chosen by nature to lead. ... Men are always in combat with themselves to remain just, but in effect losing to his expected human nature. Plato tries to con...

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There he began work on his most famous writing, his Treatise on Human Nature. ... Therefore human experience is merely a string of unconnected sense impressions. ... He defined humans as a collection of different perceptions. Although human promoted this radical philosophy he did acknowledge that human beings needed to think in terms of cause and effect or they would go mad. ... In 1748 published his most well known work An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. ...

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"The lovers of sights and sounds like beautiful sounds, colors, shapes, and everything fashioned out of them, but their thought is unable to see and embrace the nature of beautiful itself." (476b3-b5) A true philosopher and an inadequate philosopher would have different thoughts if you asked them to describe the beauty of a flower. ... They are educated from earliest childhood to act in harmony with the four excellences of human nature: wisdom, moderation, courage, and justice. ... Courage appears through their understanding that death should not be feared because they know that the essence o...

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It was not taught to him, but rather his embedded virtue, the ingrained human laws, had the opportunity to permeate in him. ... Human wisdom, perhaps. ... The reason is quite lucid, and it ties back to how the human race is, how the human race interacts with itself. ... It is one thing to be ordered by a human authority than to be commanded by a divinity, something more than human, the Divine truth itself. ... " Even if Socrates' wisdom did not have a divine nature, it had merit in the sense that it would make a man better, in the view of society, and in the grand scheme of things. ...

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Emotions The nature of philosophy can be defined in many ways. ... Philosophy requires thinking that is beyond the normal level of the average human mind. ... Philosophical Psychology is the study of philosophical issues related to psychology, including the body-mind problem, the nature of consciousness, the place of values in human life, the meaning of existence, and the nature and limits of scientific method ("Philosophical Pyschology" 720). ... The summary of there theories is on a level which is somewhat understandable for the average human. ...

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This leads to estrangement from fellow human beings and estrangement from one's essential human nature. ... Abraham showed that one can be forced to disregard ethics if God commands it, which is the paradoxical nature of religion. He saw that God can accomplish what to the human mind is absurd, and by having faith in the absurd, one can recover what was lost. ... Instead of seeing scientific knowledge as the means of human redemption, he regarded it as the greatest obstacle to redemption. ... Instead of seeking to make God and Christian faith perfectly intelligible he sought to emphasize ...

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It suggests that in our modern philosophy we have not even began to scratch the surface of what causes the nature of things around us. ... Hume begins his paper by pointing out that humans are essentially ignorant to the world around them. ... Hume goes on later to wonder, what if something disrupts this custom or nature? ... His goal in all of this was to show something about the human condition. ... Maybe we aren't supposed to know that "necessary connection" that relates to all things in nature. ...

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There is a self-rule established by God in two forces of nature (i.e., physical laws of the natural world and purposeful action of the animal world). 2. As a rule, God has given humans the liberty to alter nature for their own happiness. 3. Suicide is an instance of altering the course of nature for our own business. 4. ... A Christian believer could also argue that although human spiritual life is uniquely important to God, this doesn't have to be true of human earthly life. ... Human life is a gift from God, not to be treated carelessly. 2. ...

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Whether or not your beliefs coincide with those portrayed in Genesis, this text provides insight into human nature and the teaching of right and wrong. ... All humans are born with an innocence that can be shaped in many different ways. ... There is no specific moral that can be taken from Genesis, but we can take the lesson that as humans we need a set code of conduct and the ability to enforce it. ... Genesis raises issues that have been a part of human kind for all of time. ... However, what this story shows us is that we all share the common bond of being affected by human nature. ...

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