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Philosophical answer for the call of nation building "Nietzche's Ubermench and the will to power."
... and not the dreary, restricted life of religion. To express will to power, one forces reality to bend to one's own ... movie review www.Execution.com Americana Encyclopedia Stories of NAZI's regime Movie. Shinder's List Movie Execution. Atrocities of World War ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Skaelene
... of engineers designing and manufacturing weapons of war is horrifying to some of us, but many engineers consider such activity necessary and proper for the sake of ... he fears for the common sense of society. But in reality the antitechnologists may have ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
A brief survey of Presocratic and Platonic metaphysics.
... of our world), and scientists considered themselves philosophers (specifically "natural philosophers"). Many of the Greeks thought about reality and particulars as being made of ... representation of his conception of change. For Heraclitus, it is through war ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Rousseau on the Social Contract and the Equality of Man
... the harshness of nature. So in this state all men are equally free, the only inequality is physical. In reality, natural ... naturally peaceful and compassionate rather than war-like. Rousseau forms this argument out of his belief that many naturally possess ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple" Transcript of a speech. Frontline, Lies (Michael Leunig) and Nothing to Report (May Herschel Clarke)
... exactly is the truth? Is it reality, sincerity, integrity? Is it accuracy and honesty? How can we tell the ... Report by May Herschel Clarke is written during the war times (1940's). During this time, leaders of the country were trying to convince people to ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
The Problems of Meaning.
... of the words we use. But some words can be hard to define - especially words of particular interest to philosophers, like "Truth", "Reality", " ... there are many shades of grey between them. For example, we're doing this when we talk about war and peace, ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Brave New World
... realities of life will enhance life, or if they will cause the destruction of society and life as we know it. When thinking of progress, most people think of ... ? Sure there are positive aspects of this "utopia" such as no war or suffering, no disease or ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Confucianism and Taoism in Joy
... harmony of the universe and the union of polar opposites-Yin and Yang; a philosophy that one lives their life by. In times of war, ... to write down his teachings. It is the way of the universe, reality, and human life. Taoism is meant to extract ch'i ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
An Analysis of The Republic
... of wisdom. The virtue of wisdom is the ability to comprehend reality and to make the best judgments about it. Soldiers, who defend of ... explains that the anger sometimes makes war against the appetites. Sometimes, when these "inner wars" take place, we do not ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Contemporary Philosophy
Critiquing the Notion of Free Will
... of an action that is both constrained and free. Yet, in reality, such is not the case. If we are still using VanInwegan's definition of ... two soldiers in a vacuum, without the outside influence of the war, we can say with very high confidence (disregarding ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy