Socrates is among the most famous of classical philosophers of all time. ... The philosopher claims to have "a human kind of wisdom" (20d, page 31, Defence Of Socrates, Oxford World Classics, Plato). ... The Thinkery is introduced in the play as a place for scientists and philosophers, a place to think about things such as the shape of the sky and trying to prove their theories on it. ... The character of Socrates claims that it is the Clouds that give the philosophers their intelligence. ... Although it will never be possible to truly understand the thoughts of Socrates, it is clear that he w...

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When I think about all the great philosophers of past and present the person that first comes to mind is Aristotle. I know that he was a famous philosopher and a brilliant man but when I really think about it I have no idea what he was so famous for or what his thoughts were on the basic philosophical issues like ethics, logic, and the big one, the meaning of life. ... Philosophers that came after him could look to his studies as their foundation for their studies about the same related topics. ... The two main parts of physical reality, which was a much discussed topic among philosophers of h...

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Achenbach believes that it is the art of the philosopher. ... This is similar to the philosopher's quest to determine why an action is just and another is not. Something about the just action connects to the truth of what is justness actually is, and the philosopher strives to determine what that connection is. ... The true philosopher must question everything in life. ... In this specific case, it happened to be a philosopher, Achenbach, who claims to have used the art to actually help the grieving widower. ...

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Plato, the great Greek philosopher, further expounds on the procedure of how reason effects will in his books, The Republic and Phaedrus. ... These philosophers agree that effective desires motivate one to act and that to increase one's enjoyment and to lessen the pain, one employs reason to sort through the desires to find value in them. ... Unlike other philosophers before him, Hume vehemently opposes the view that practical reason can motivate a person to action. ... Unlike the other philosophers, Rawls boldly claims that the person does not follow desires that spring up out of nowher...

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Summary of Cicero's, On Duties This excerpt from the book, On the Good Life, is a letter from Cicero to his son. I couldn't even imagine getting something like this from my father. It is full of great advice on how to live your life in such a way that you are regarded as a highly favorable person...

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One of the philosophers who wrote on metaphysical theories was Thomas Hobbes. ... Most modern philosopher believes everything is subjective and things appear differently to us based on ethnicity, race, gender or socio-economic status. ...

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Moreover, by identifying these aspects of The Watchmen, along with the use of philosophies ranging from philosophers like Lao-tzu, Martin Heidegger, and Kierkegaard. ... The German philosopher Martin Heidegger addresses the matter of one's self, based on one being measured through their time lived. ...

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Rene' Descartes, a French philosopher, mathematician and writer has been dubbed the father of modern and Western philosophy. He is very well known for his philosophical statement "Cogito ergo sum" meaning I think, therefore I am. He was a philosopher who very well formed the mind body problem. Duali...

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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. ...

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Kahlil Gibran was not only an author. He was a philosopher and an artist. He has been translated into over twenty languages and read all over the world. His success is often attributed to his writings being uplifting and beautifying the readers view point of the world and man [Kanfer 28]. Looking de...

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In The Republic, Plato imagines an ideal political state that raises its philosophers to the status of kings, given their extensive mental training and their cognitive awareness of the eternal forms."...

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Socrates believes that the everyday world is an illusion compared to the world of knowledge. People are often too distracted by money and materialistic things to appreciate truth and reality. Socrates says, "the capacity for knowledge is innate in each man's mind." This exemplifies the point that ma...

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Similarly, in the essay "Allegory of the Cave," Greek philosopher Plato's thoughts correlate with Thoreau but in a more pessimistic way as he portrays humans are deprived of their freedom to turn their heads and what they are seeing is limited to what is in front of them and will continue to live this way as long as humans don't see the reality of things. ...

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Evil-Demon's in my head? Descartes proposes that all of our experiences are merely an ongoing dream. Meaning, everything we know and understand to be "real" is a sham. In this paper I am going to argue, first that through this thought-experiment Descartes tries to deny the concept of knowl...

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Man is a creature of many deficiencies. Some of his flaws may be overcome through knowledge and reason, but many are inescapable and a priori. These deficiencies include, but are not limited to: selfishness, conformity, language, and hero worship. This essay will attempt to expose and explain the te...

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What is a university? In a literal sense, it is originated from the Old French word universite, and from Latin universitas meaning the whole', and in late Latin, society or guild'. It is also derived from the word, universus. So that might mean a place where a group of people with similar goal gat...

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Humankind is blinded by what they are allowed to see, regardless of what the truth is. We cannot see the truth because of the darkness that we are surrounded by. Although, we believe in whatever is visible to us and what we can sense, we cannot rely on our senses either because, they are imperfect a...

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As man progressed through the various stages of evolution, it is assumed that at a certain point he began to ponder the world around him. Of course, these first attempts fell short of being scholarly, probably consisting of a few grunts and snorts at best. As time passed on, though, these ideas...

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Human Behavior When compared to other marsupial, human beings are more pliable due to their physiological adaptations, which have resulted in the development of a wide range of abilities and a unique versatility in behavior. Through the first twelve years of a human's life, the brain's great s...

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