In the studies of Socrates you will almost always find cases that contain complaints or, just, the act of Socrates bothering people with his questions that, I must say, are poorly received by others. ... Although he has provided the world with his thoughts, that ring persistently throughout the minds of many whom study his philosophies, he was not a teacher. ... It is my belief that Socrates already knew that he didn't want to escape but he couldn't past up what could be his last opportunity do what he does as a philosopher and that was speak about philosophy. ... Thi...

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My philosophy on all the topics that we've had in this course and those that I've experienced in my life are rather optimistic, hypocritical, and skeptical. ... It is true that we also can write poems with our mind and make paintings and music and invent theories and philosophies. ... Ideas about knowledge and truth form a very essential part of Western philosophy and that also is understandable since we are human because of that extra mental capability we have, our mind, our spirit, our ratio. ... Actually with them the history of Western philosophy ...

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Taylor in his book Kierkegaard's Pseudonymous Authorship: A Study of Time and the Self describes the moment as: "In this moment, one faces one's possibilities in full recognition of one's actuality, and with a complete awareness of one's freedom (limited though it is) to act to realize these possibilities. ...

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To approach any text we must first have some understanding of what it is we hope to take away from it. In approaching a religious text this understanding becomes even more muddled due to the vast complexities and differences that exist between religion and contemporary thought. To accurately approa...

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