This gave way to the great natural philosophers and scholars. ... He also hypothesized that when humans die, we return to water (The Ionian Philosophers, 12). ... Another extremely notable philosopher was Aristotle. ... A follower of Thales named Anaximander was a natural philosopher who theorized that the Universe was nothing but infinite chaos due to the separation of opposites in the world (The Ionian Philosophers, 18). ... Many constellations and planets got their names from Greek philosophers. ...

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Ancient Greek philosophers were behind the establishment of many philosophical questions that puzzle philosophers to this day. Parmendies, one of these early philosophers, was the founder of a group of brilliant thinkers known as the Eleatics. ... Other philosophers have posed objections and rebuttals to his claims but the argument of Parmenides will continue to live on and be the subject of many philosophers in the future....

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Early Greek philosophers pondered about the meaning of existence, about the origin of life, and the derivation of other elements the world consisted of. These natural philosophers all shared the belief that in order for changes to occur in nature (for example, rain falling from the sky) there had to be "something" that all things came from and returned to. Instead of continuously relying on ancient Greek myths, philosophers attempted to come up with logical explanations and answers to their questions of where "things" came from and how they "transformed" in nature. Two of these early philo...

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Philosophers through time have had many kinds of theories about where life in nature originated. ... These three philosophers were Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes. ... The most important of these philosophers was Parmenides. ... Therefore, there were many disagreements between these two philosophers. ... These philosophers took the first step in the direction of scientific reasoning. ...

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These natural philosophers looked for universal principles by which phenomena could be explained, which among these philosophers included Heraclitus, Parmenides, and Plato. ... Heraclitus is the philosopher of the eternal change. ... A Greek philosopher from Elea in southern Italy and founder of the Eleatic school, Parmenides was the most influential of the Presocratic philosophers. ... Heraclitus, a natural philosopher, argued that everything is in flux. ... These natural philosophers sought for universal principles by which phenomena could be explained, which, among these philosophers, i...

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She was introduced to different philosophers and their "projects"" from the pre-Socratics or the natural philosophers to the contemporary philosophers by her philosophy teacher, Alberto Knox. ... As one reads the book, his or her perspective on existence would change as he or she goes through the philosophies of different philosophers. ... Gaarder easily nourishes the minds of the young with the history of philosophy and philosophers and their philosophies. ... All of the philosopher's "projects " discussed in the book became a cornerstone of the different sciences we have today. ... So...

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A challenging concept that philosophers have pondered about, is that of emotions. ... Philosophers have there own opinion with regards to problem of emotion. One of those philosophers is Plato. ... He was taught by Socrates, one of the greatest philosophers according to Plato. ... Another philosopher who has tried to solve the problem of emotions is Aristotle. ...

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Known as the first Greek philosopher, Thales initiated a way of understanding the world that was based on reason and nature (Sullivan). ... While a normal human being living today would not really think twice about what is beautiful, Western philosophers such as St. ... After the father of Western philosophy, Thales, came Socrates, another legendary philosopher. ... In opposition, a Western philosopher would question what exactly good moral conduct is and what justifies good and bad. ... Change was the key to the universe for Heraclitus, who was known as the philosopher of change. ...

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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...

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Before the inventions of technology we have today, most philosophers thought that this specific monism states that there is but one reality, matter, whether it be an agglomerate of atoms, a primitive, world-forming substance, or the so-called cosmic nebula out of which the world evolved. ... Since the beginning of monism, many philosophers have put their theories out there. ... It was believed by monism philosophers that atoms was the ultimate particle that made up all of reality. ... , this question really was the most important question for all scientists and also philosophers. ...

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During the last meeting of class we were led through a scattered discussion of the various philosophers and philosophies discussed throughout the year. If we are to find a common problem that offers any sort of unity to what we have been studying, it must be that each philosopher wants to discover how to go about experiencing reality. Philosophers such as Pierce, Tolstoy, Camus, Bergson, Russell, and Sartre have attempted to define an unconditional experience with varying degrees of success. ... Both philosophers believed that humans were neither diligent nor intelligent enough to interpret ...

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"The Ontological Argument" In Saint Anselm and Gaunilo's "The Ontological Argument", Anselm believes that God is the greatest of all conceivable things and nothing else can be thought to exist greater than God. St. Anselm states that he wants to find a proof of God, not because he does not believ...

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Many philosophers over the ages have tried to study what is "real", and what we cannot rely on. ... We are going to discuss the answers to these questions that were presented to us by such great philosophers as Descartes, Berkeley, and Russell. Most of all how did these philosophers come to the conclusions they did and why? ... The key of a good philosopher, is to not take things at face value. ... As another great philosopher put it, "Our materialism presupposes that the total natural environment or nature has an objective reality outside the human mind but man himself is part of nature....

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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...

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This is the explanation of philosophy and philosophers given in the book: "A white rabbit is pulled out of a top hat. ... Only philosophers embark on this perilous expedition to the outermost reaches of language and existence. ...

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It attempts to present several thousand important theological questions as systematically as possible and it includes insights from Greek philosophers, especially Aristotle. The Summa Theologica was written by Saint Thomas Aquinas, a Dominican priest, theologian and philosopher. ... Summa Theologica is studied in all major Catholic universities and seminaries, as well as theologians and philosophers of religion of all denominations. ...

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Many philosophers have questioned the existence of God, and one of the great Islamic philosophers was well before his time in his thinking is Al-Ghazzali. ... He studied from books and himself because what he found books by theologians was reasoning against philosophers and philosophical writings we full of errors and very ambiguous. ...

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The question of our existence in reality have been dwelling for years among philosophers. ... Descartes" divergent thinking left many philosophers questioning how reliable his method actually was. ... Nonetheless, both philosophers were trying to boil down to one thing: to discover an unblemished system to establishing the foundation of true knowledge. ... Ever since there were philosophers, the question whether God exists or not have been the question many philosophers tried to solve. ...

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However, the pure philosopher with nothing but a love of learning join the company of the Gods (Phaedo 120). ... In fact, a true philosopher was to ignore and even despise materialism and all forms of external stimuli: "Philosophy then persuades the soul to withdraw from the senses insofar as it is not compelled to use them and bids the soul to gather itself by itself..." (Phaedo 121) Over-indulgence, such as gluttony or greed, leads away from truth, and thus is unacceptable to philosophers. ... * * * Augustine and Plato were both brilliant philosophers with many ideas. ...

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During the time of the Presocratic philosophers, theorizing on metaphysics was an exceptionally popular subject. ... Thales, considered by many to be the earliest philosopher, believed that this one element was water. ...

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Many philosophers believe that something is material, if and only if it is spatial, extended in space. ... Philosophers that acknowledge only the mind are idealists or mentalists and philosophers who acknowledge the body are materialists. ... Rene Descartes was one philosopher that dealt with the mind-body problem. ...

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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...

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Science can be said to be the result of ancient Greek philosophers who paved the way for exploring and understanding the natural world. ... This would give rise to many more significant ideas by many other great philosophers, all in a search to explain the laws of this natural world. ... "(Page 13) The idea that the senses could not be trusted and true knowledge could only be proven through logic is a theme that follows many philosophers for ages to come. ...

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Berkeley, on the other hand argues that earlier philosophers used words that they themselves did not understand and his philosophy begins in experience. ... Knowledge in Berkeley says that philosophers use words that have no meaning to them, for example abstract ideas. ... Many philosophers have used matter as an object that was conceived out of nothing. ...

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Rene Descartes is a philosopher who questioned some of these situations. ... Philosopher Rene Descartes had questions about the things we experience in our everyday life, which brought questions to my attention, which he helped me with while reading the "Discourse on Method". ...

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