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Analysis of Rosenberg's "Lessons from Biology for Philosophy of the Human Sciences"

... history tends to address past phenomena on biological systems over the past 3.5 - 5 billion years (5). For example, Rosenberg reminds us of the extinction of ...

(4 pages) 1546 0 5.0 09/Dec/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

Critical Response Of Heidegger's The Age Of World Pictures

... of greatness, which entails the transformation of the ever-calculable into the utterly incalculable. (Ibid, 135) � Ibid, 129. � Ibid, 132. � Rey Chow, The Age of the World ...

(11 pages) 12 0 0.0 31/Jan/2012

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

From eudaimonia to happiness. Overview on the concept of happiness in the ancient Greek culture with a few glimpses on modern time

... the history of the modern Western Civilization begins, i.e. the language and the culture of ancient Greeks. Without aiming at a complete and infallible answer, the proposed analysis and the ...

(30 pages) 2 0 0.0 27/Oct/2014

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Confucius, Philosophy of Religion. About cinfusianism and christianity

... the Religions of the World. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York; 1957 Weber, Max. The Religion of China. The Free Press, New York; 1951. Wieger, L. History of ...

(4 pages) 184 0 3.5 01/Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Existence of God. A look at Rene Descartes' theory

... the experiences of the world, nor was this drawn from the senses. Rather, he believes that this perception of ...

(5 pages) 246 0 4.3 01/Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

What is the meaning of Philosophy?

... history. Both accepted Plato's dualism, but simply picked opposite sides of the same coin. Rationalist's selected the mind and rejected the world. Empiricist's selected the world and rejected the mind. The ...

(5 pages) 448 0 3.4 29/Oct/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

What is the role of perception in the various Areas of Knowledge?

... the key to the understanding the world around us. The nature of the evidences provided may vary from human experience and history to the different cultural backgrounds or even different perceptions. The question of ...

(2 pages) 114 0 3.0 24/Jul/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

This is a essay on he enlightment thinkers. Focusing on Locke and Rousseau. This was my term paper for my history Of Civilizations class.

... for the rest of humankind's existence. Rousseau had his place in history too. All the philsophes influenced the reformers of the ... the world knows that the king used up all their patience with his mistreatments, and now it is their right to revolt and the ...

(6 pages) 134 0 5.0 03/Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Discussion of the relationship about politics and morality with reference to Cicero

... shape the policies of their states according to diplomatic rules which are also based basic moral values accepted all around the world, ... an enemy and there are some circumstances lived in the history, it cannot be denied that politics has relationship with ...

(6 pages) 53 0 3.0 10/Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

The Concept of the Happy Life; A Comparison in Epicurean and Stoic Philosophies

... history, the nature of the happy life has been described by numerous philosophers and their philosophies. Among those that have attempted this explanation are the ... unlike the Stoics who saw God as "the World-Soul [who] directs everything for the best" ( ...

(5 pages) 142 0 4.3 19/Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

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