From the times of Confucius to Jesus, Mohammad, and Thomas Aquinas, and even into this present day, the question of the existence of a Divine Being envelops the minds of people. Human beings often wonder why they are here, what the purpose of life is, whether or not there is life after death, or w...
Most early philosophers maintained that God most certainly did exist and attempted to use scientific arguments to prove their point. However, perhaps the most quoted philosopher on the absolute existence of God is St. ... Aquinas had the typical philosopher mentality by asserting that it cannot be just merely accepted that God exists, since this conflict is not evident. ... By the nineteenth century, philosophers were not quite so content to blindly accept the existence of God. ... Perhaps one of the most articulate spokesmen who argued against the existence of God was British philosopher Dav...
The modern era in Jewish thought was established by the alarmingly radical figure of seventeenth century philosopher, Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677), who influenced Enlightenment thought throughout Europe as part of an international ideological movement. ... He was expelled from the Sephardi community of Amsterdam in 1656 for his unorthodox views, yet, despite this, he had an influence on subsequent, more orthodox Jewish philosophers such as Moses Mendelssohn who was born 52 years after Spinoza's death. ... Spinoza was a materialist philosopher, who rejected Descartes' dualism b...
These principles are all great guidelines to live by and I can definitely see the differences in the views of both philosophers, I plan to argue that without the belief in God and an afterlife, your life is much shorter and has more consequences based off of your decisions and choices that you make. ... In my opinion all the philosophers who have practiced are all right in their views, I don't believe that there is a wrong answer when it comes to the existence of God. ... The philosophers Plato and Aristotle refer to God as "god", meaning he is not the Supreme Being rather just ...
Many philosophers are atheist for example: Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, John Dewey, etc. Philosophers are people who study the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. Common people think they can trust philosophers because of the fallacy "appeal to authority....
Considering that this argument pits religion against science we can assert from his rather forthcoming argument against the existence of God that Everitt is reliant on science as the more logical explanation for the universe's existence, a view that several philosophers would dispute mainly William Paley. ... Paley especially emphasizes on the idea of the universe having a purpose a claim disputed by many philosophers such as J. ... Despite the sound claims by several philosophers towards proving that God exists, there isn't enough evidence to suggest that we can conclude this suppos...
" What we do in life, echoes in eternity" -Maximus (Gladiator) This year we have studied many philosophers that have had many good points on how our lives should be lived. ... Philosophers throughout the year have impacted my point of view and have made me view things differently. We can all probably say that the questions that most philosophers tried to attempt to answers were failures, but because they tried, we are able to decide for ourselves what we think is truly right. ...
The creation of the world, the presence of a higher being, perception, the possibility of an after-life and maybe most importantly our ultimate purpose in life, are just a few of the issues philosophers have dealt with. ... Although the exact definition of this truth is not explicitly stated in either texts, both philosophers note that if in the case men reason incorrectly, "they slip off from truth.(33)" In conclusion, the philosophies of Plato and Lucretius offer two completely different approaches to life and our ultimate purpose here on Earth. ...
This view has been supported by scientists and philosophers such as Atkins, Dawkins and too some extent Wiles. ... Hume is not alone when the topic of miracles arises, although he has much criticism, he also has support from philosophers such as Wiles; that, like Hume reject the concept of miracles but do so from a different perspective. ... To contrast the previously stated theories which conclude that miracles do not happen, theories have been proposed by philosophers such as Holland, Tillich and Swinburne, which conclude quite the contrary to Hume. ...
The ancient Greek philosopher, Epicurus, suitably explained this predicament over two thousand years ago: 'Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? ... A significant portion of the science world and philosophers recognize the possibility of a deterministic universe rather than a universe that revolves around freewill. ...
That was until Xenophanes, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher of Colophon came about. ... Furthermore during the same period, a great philosopher named Socrates was teaching that we should question more the things that we do to better understand them. ...
Many arguments have been presented both for and against the existence of God and have been a very debatable question for many centuries. So what or better yet, who exactly is 'God'? Each religion has its own definition of God. This world has over 350 religions in this world, meaning there are ...
The Similarity in Prometheus Bound and Plato's Apology on "Shame" According to the Oxford University Press, shame is defined as, "a feeling of humiliation or distress caused by awareness of wrong or foolish behavior," or, "a regrettable or unfortunate thing." In Prometheus bound, shame was defi...
Saint Augustine's intellectual and spiritual journey to understanding God was influenced by philosophical tendencies, Biblical Scriptures and personal experiences. Since Augustine did not believe any of these viewpoints completely, he spent most of his life searching for other types of truths that w...
The Existence of God For centuries, the idea of God has been a part of man's history. Past and present, there has always been a different integration consisting of the believers and the non-believers of God. The group of those who have "faith" in God tend to be related to ...
If one believes in God, one must also assume that the afterlife in which he/she/they presides exists as well. Or, one might believe that science could somehow explain it. Either way, we simply do not have the knowledge of, or proof of an afterlife. Belief in an afterlife is based on blind faith and ...
In the ancient world of the Greeks and Romans, there was a growing unsettlement with traditional religion. People were becoming less accepting, taking less for granted, and wanting more; more knowledge and more answers. A new age of questioning was surfacing. Searching for alternative answers and...
On the other hand a philosopher named Peter Van Inwagen questions Mackie's article with the core thesis that God created free creatures, but some of these creatures abused their freedom and turned away from God, resulting evil to enter the world. ...
After the Military conquest of Spain by the Berbers from North Africa, Islam flourished in the Iberic Peninsula for more than 700 years. This was due first to lack of military backup on Spain's behalf, and secondly due to the pacifist teachings of the Islamic civilization. Islam started i...
Many debates are centered around the topic of the existence of God. People have given what they believe are rational proofs for definite existence, as well as non- existence. When all is said and done, there is no definite proof either way, and we are left to look at the arguments and make a leap of...
There are many theories in the area of philosophy dealing with religion. St. Anselm has his Ontological argument. William Paley has his Teleological argument and Soren Kierkegaard talks about faith. But the argument that really fused together faith and reason is the Cosmological argument of St. Thom...
Theism's philosophical self-defenses stand in relation to a potential attack. A country has coastlines, and if the government has reasons to think of an attack, it will deploy armies or defensive systems in readiness to defend its territory. That image serves as a metaphor in the philosophical defen...
Ever since the beginning of time our reality has been based on the conflict between good and evil. From the story of Adam and Eve to modern day and everything done by the human race has been a battle between these two. Many theologians and scholars have tried to argue the creation of evil. They ques...
