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Descartes's evil demon hypothesis, descartes and galileo's distinction between appearance and reality; Nietzsche's "History of an Error"
... History of an Error", Nietzsche thinks of the real world as a myth. He calls it unattainable, "an idea no longer of ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
The Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle. Speaks of Darwin's life
... the past history of the earth and its inhabitants. (Darwin 194-195) Darwin's experiences formed his professional and personal habits for the rest of his life. The ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Essays on Suicide and the Immortality of the Soul: The Complete 1783 Edition David Hume
... the practice of the world, which alone serve most purposes of life, are here found ineffectual: History as well as daily experience furnish instances of men endowed with the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Is Hegels' philosphy of history valid?
... History of Philosophy to be a kind of outline of world history, from the oriental despotism of China, India and Persia to the Germanic culture of the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
David Hume's critique of the belief in Miracles
... of the miraculous events which happened in past history would not be considered a miracle in today's world, or at any other time in history. The ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Utopias of 21st Century
... the affairs of this world and to reject apocalyptic theologies as a threat to the role and power of the Church in history.') More recently and officially, the Second Vatican Council of the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
On the Genealogy of Morals: a work of history or of the imagination? On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche.
... the Meaning of Ascetic Ideals?" discusses man's reaction to the creation of bad conscience and his attempt to overcome it. By demonstrating the evolving nature of conceptions of morality throughout history ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Evaluate the usefulness of the theories of class of Marx for an understanding of patterns of inequality in modern industrialised societies.
... the usefulness of the theories of class of Marx for an understanding of patterns of inequality in modern industrialised societies. The cornerstone of Marx's class theory is the premise that "the history of ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Analysis of Francis Bacon's New Atlantis
... of the practical results which he anticipated from the study of natural history diligently and systematically" (711). Bensalem is not the recollection of an ideal world released from the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern 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 ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy