Classical Philosophy Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (339) essays
Classical Philosophy essays:
Describe the ontological argument with reactions and contributions made to it by individual philosophers
... Anselm (1033-1109), was the first philosopher to put forward the ontological argument in a logical form. He was an Italian monk who later became Archbishop of Canterbury. He was a Christian and felt there was a need to put forward an argument to prove the existence of God. His ideas and arguments ...
The Life & Works of Marcus Tullius Cicero
... Marcus Tullius Cicero is credited with being one of the greatest of the Roman orators. "He was born at Arpinum, the native place of Marius, 106 BCE., the same year, which gave birth to Pompey the Great. His family was ancient, and of ...
The Religious and Scientific Aspects of Creation
... conflicts between religion and science there have been many discoveries that have made it possible for people to use science to figure out things without going against their morals. One of the most widely read books ever published, the Bible, tells us many things about the creation of life and ...
Apuntes filosofia
... precursor o primer filosofo fue TALES DE MILETO (624-546 a.C). Lo propio de la filosofía es pensar mas allá de lo evidente. Origen EDAD ANTIGUA EDAD MEDIEVAL EDAD MODERNA ... existía un caos considerable en materia de moral ... Homero y Hesiodo ... argument ... UNIVERSAL ...
Disagreeing with Protagoras.
... god or an unchanging moral law, is the source of value. In "Antigone", Creon decides to deny burial rights to Polynices. This decision is interpreted as sacrilege and leads Haemon, Eurydice and Antigone to act with rage. Heamon's death and Antigone's and ...
Aristotle in "Nicomachean Ethics"
... depends not on the person but what others think of him. All of the arguments up to this point have been taken from Book 1. But Aristotle also discussed happiness in Book 10. He describes happiness as a good activity and ...
Satre
... of this existential belief is that of forlornness. Meaning "only that God does not exist and that we have to face all the consequences of this." (Sartre, 104) The existentialist finds the absence of God a distressing fact. There's no morals or ethics to abide by. This absence of God ...
Free will today
... book filled with the events of our lives. If we were to open this book halfway through, we would see that only one past exists and only one future exists. You will not find anywhere in this book "...various things that did not and ...
Review of Bimal Krishna Matilal?s essay ?A Realistic view of Perception?
... of God?s Eye point of view as maintained by Dummett and as that maintained by Putman since the following paragraph in both the essays bring home similar points and arguments, just in different ways. The writing style of ...
Why was Socrates found guilty? Was he fairly tried
... and needs the stimulation". However, the reign of the Thirty Tyrants was still fresh in the Athenians? minds, and so was Socrates' silence throughout it. His 'sting' was not there when the city needed it most, and as such it was another ill-considered choice of argument ...