Plato gives an example that he heard some of his fellow philosophers discussing on how the soul is immortal. ... I am not trying to take anything away from Plato, he is a very intelligent philosopher and has very good theories, but in almost all cases so far that I have read I have personally sided with Aristotle. ...
The third and final question is why is the philosopher's life a better life than that of the tyrant. ... This breaks down to a question of, is a philosophers life (just) better than a tyrants life (unjust). ... The philosopher: "who is most kingly who rules like a king over himself... ""(582b) This type of thinking also plays true for honor-loving over money-loving and philosopher over honor-lover. So in the end of this argument the philosopher lives the most pleasurable life while the tyrant leads a life not as pleasurable as that of the philosopher. ...
In this belief he says that death is the separation of soul from body, and this is what philosophers are truly after. ... Philosophers are not concerned with the body or the things that serve it, and the body is actually interfering with this acquisition of knowledge. ... To delve a little further into this one must compare the argument of death between the normal person and a philosopher. ... This is what separates philosophers from the "non-philosophers." Man "train[s] himself in life to live in a state as close to death as possible, and then resent[s] it when it comes," while a philosop...
If the good is so full of the wealth of wisdom and knowledge, a philosopher like Plato or Socrates or Aristotle should have been able to implement it. ... "These, then, were the obstacles I foresaw when, in spite of my fears, truth compelled me to declare that there will never be a perfect state or constitution - (R, p. 207-208) What also tarnishes the whole idea of a totally just society lead by the "Good,"" is that Plato feels that somewhere the philosopher kings will make mistakes... Alongside of that, what is in fact preventing the philosopher kings with gold in their souls from becoming ...
In this paper, I will demonstrate how Socrates, Hume and Aristotle, three well known philosophers, would explain how I acquired this knowledge in relation to the principles of right and wrong. Socrates is the first philosopher, I will discuss. ... Hume is the second philosopher I will discuss. ... Aristotle is the third philosopher I will discuss. ... (Cantor 11) This type of background added a new dimension to philosophers ideas during this era. ...
Plato and Aristotle, two world renown philosophers lived more than two thousand years ago. ... This is easy to notice when both philosophers explain their theories on the role of God in the world. Even though both philosophers are monotheistic, they seem to attribute different roles to God. ... These two philosophers have two very different views on God, even though they were in each other's company for 20 years. ...
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. ...
The philosophers Socrates and Epicurus both taught their students ideas and concepts which encouraged students to have different views on the nature of deity, simple living, and not fearing death. ... Both Socrates and Epicurus were philosophers that talked about the simplicity in ones life and warned that one should not strive to be wealthy with riches. Socrates asked questions of his students in order for the students to understand the concerns of the "true philosopher" "are not found in such pleasures, such as eating, drinking, pleasures of love, getting fine clothing and shoes and other b...
Socrates was one of the greatest philosophers of his time. ... This is the true life of the philosopher. As philosophers, we must all think about how we want to die. ... On our last day on earth, we should all hope that our souls leave our executed bodies free of wickedness as the wise philosopher, Socrates, did on his....
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. ...
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...
Plotinus and Plato were two great philosophers during their times. The two philosophers influenced their world greatly. Their philosophy is very similar but sometimes different. Plotinus based his philosophy on Plato's ideas. He was a mystic who had experienced the union of...
"The unexamined life is not worth living."" For many these are just words, but for one man it was a way of life. Socrates is one of the greatest philosophers of all time. His life was a constant quest for excellence of being, wisdom and of morality of the soul. He believed that if one would live...
Introduction Modern psychology has the following industry practice: Psychotherapy, psychological correction, psychoanalysis, psychological training, personal, family Production counseling hotline, vocational guidance centers, personnel service companies, psycho-diagnostic public services, forensics, conflict resolution, psychological services in the educational system, and so on.. In modern psychology emerged following main trends: 1. complicate the structure of psychology: there are new scientific sectors (both theoretical and applied) and new areas of practical application of psychology. Wha...
"Aristotle, "On the Soul- This quote speaks volumes about the attitude of philosophers like Socrates, whose work was put to parchment by Plato, and Artistotle. ... Two telling accounts of these philosopher's work "Aristotles's "On the Soul- and Plato's "Socrate's Apology- "not only bring fasicating philosophical journeys to light but also reveal motives of each author. ... Socrates sticks to his instincts not only in principle, but as the reluctant philosopher that he becomes through his quest. ...
ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to layout the primary tenets of the much debated mind/body dualistic argument from the lens of philosophers from the ancient epoch but most elaborately from Rene Descartes. ... He holds the view that mind and body are two independent substances and hereby he is called a dualist philosopher. ... The earliest systematic conception of mind and body stems from the philosophies of these two Greek philosophers. ... However, long before these philosophers' theories, the ancient scriptures taught that mankind was made in God's image and that Adam needed the ...
"11 Under Divine command theory, philosophers have considered that 'there is nothing adequate for basing morality on,'12 and that the existence of evil entails God could be commanding all acts to be morally good as He is omnipotent (i.e. even murder). ...
Aurelius Augustine, later known as Augustine of Hippo or Saint Augustine, was one of the most important and well-known theologians in the history of the Christian religion. He was born on November 13, 354 AD, in Roman Empire and died on August 28, 430 AD, in Hippo Regius, Algeria. He was born as a ...
There are many different ideas about what death actually is and what, if anything occurs thereafter. religions in general tend to propose some form of afterlife. there are, in contrast, philosophers and scientists who propose that there is nothing beyond death. ... The scientists and philosophers who see death as the end of existence, when both the connected mind and body perish, have been classified as materialists. ...
In this paper I show that Socrates" approach to knowledge through recollection is a contradiction. These contradictions are found his conversation with Meno and in his lesson with Meno's attendant. If Socrates were to follow his reasoning that all knowledge is in each individual's soul he would not ...
It has always been said that Socrates was wise, wise in years, wise in speech, wise in the virtuous life. His words inspired others to follow him, and, although he never claimed to be a teacher, taught others indirectly. Did he explicitly teach others his ways? Not necessarily, but rather, he, throu...
I was trying to give a scientific ground to the matters that were dealt before only by philosophers. ... Two great philosophers of the 19th century, Nietzsche and Schopenhauer, claimed that irrational, primitive forces play important role in human functioning. ...
Finally, Once the version I Irish to defend envisions a period of existence in a disembodied state, I will defend the theory against some of the arguments of those contemporary philosophers who find the very notion of disem bodied existence incoherent.There are several wars in which the basic concept of resurrection sketched in the opening paragraph can be fleshed out, One option is to understand the nature of the human person, and hence the nature of resurrection , in a basically materialist or physicalist way. ...
When assessing the psychoanalytic perspective of fairy tales today, one can easily identify the in-depth association between the main character's persona and what that portrayal represents in real life. According to Bettelheim, " more can be learned from them about the inner problems of human being...
