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  • History of Philosophy

    History of Philosophy

    Philosophy is a vast field. It examines and probes many different fields. Virtue, morality, immortality, death, and the difference between the psyche (soul) and the soma (body) are just a few of the many different topics which can be covered under the umbrella of philosophy. Philosophers are supposed to be experts on all these subjects. The have well thought out opinions, and they are very learned people. Among the most revered philosophers of all time

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    Essay Length: 619 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 10, 2009 By: July
  • Ancient Philosophy

    Ancient Philosophy

    As Aristotle viewed the world around him, he observed that things are moving and changing in certain ways. Aristotle discovered that certain things cause other things, which in turn cause something else. Aristotle believed that an infinite chain of causation was not possible, thus, a prime mover of some kind must exist as the first cause of everything that changes or moves. The first evidence that Aristotle viewed was the world around him. He observed

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    Essay Length: 2,187 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: January 10, 2009 By: July
  • Anselm's Philosophy

    Anselm's Philosophy

    Anselm's definition of a God starts by saying that God is the greatest being we can possibly think of. When Anselm states this, it essentially means that it is not possible to think of a being greater than God. Anselm also states that if God is the greatest thinkable being, he is referring to the fact that it would be impossible to imagine or to create in ones mind someone or something being better than

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    Essay Length: 1,640 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: January 10, 2009 By: July
  • Life and Philosophy of J.D. Salinger

    Life and Philosophy of J.D. Salinger

    LIFE AND PHILOSOPHY OF J.D. SALINGER J.D. Salinger is one of the most renowned writers of his time. J. D. Salinger is most known for his controversial in the Catcher in the Rye. Salinger is also known for many of his writings such as Franney and Zooey, Nine Stories, and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters. The summer of 1930 he was voted "The Most Popular Writer". "Salinger is a beautifully deft, professional who gives

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    Submitted: February 26, 2009 By: Andrew
  • The Wild Duck (ibsen) Character Use of Escapes

    The Wild Duck (ibsen) Character Use of Escapes

    People cannot handle stress everyday without having some form of an "escape," which could be as simple as listening to the radio for ten minutes, as long as it gets the mind off the stress. The use of escapes is especially evident in The Wild Duck. Old Akers uses drinking and hunting in the attic as his escapes from the fact that he is poor. He used to be friends with Mr. Worley until

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    Essay Length: 338 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Tips for Job Hunting in Today’s Market

    Tips for Job Hunting in Today’s Market

    Persuasive Essay Topic CheckPoint Employee Privacy Rights in the Workplace Employees are becoming more concerned about their privacy as their employers are monitoring them electronically more closely than ever before. At the same time, certain state efforts to prevent employee electronic monitoring are not succeeding. A survey by the American Management Association shows that about 78% of companies in the U.S. monitor their employees in some way. Some states have attempted to protect employee privacy

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    Essay Length: 333 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Janna
  • Muslim Philosophy

    Muslim Philosophy

    Muslim Philosophy By Peter Pan Philosophy 2010 November 11, 2005 Muslim Philosophy Islam is based on the Koran a revelation from God to the prophet Muhammad supplemented by the Sunnah which is a set of traditions about Muhammad's words and deeds. Muslims recognize Judaism and Christianity as revelations from God. However they believe that the revelation made to Muhammad is God's final word. Muslims believe that Jesus was a prophet but not God in the

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Edward
  • Philosophies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

    Philosophies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

    Philosophies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle The philosophies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle had different points of-view but they were also similar in some ways. For example, all three philosophers had their own thoughts on the subject of justice and government. Socrates belief on this matter was that democracy was an unwise form of government. He thought that the electing of the people was unfair justice. Plato had some of the same beliefs. He believed

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    Essay Length: 425 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Janna
  • Good Will Hunting

    Good Will Hunting

    Good Will Hunting Over the summer I saw the Movie Good Will Hunting. This movie was very different then many other movies ive seen. It was a very inspirational movie. I like the movie because Matt Damon and Ben Afflick originally had to do a college assignment and they turned it into script. The second reason I liked this movie was because he was a poor young guy who was very intelligent. Another reason

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    Essay Length: 666 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Steve
  • Brief Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

    Brief Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

    CHAPTER ONE BRIEF HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Writing a historical account of the development of Philosophy of science is quite a task to fulfill. It confronts at least two problems. First, the philosophy of science as an academic discipline is fairly new. Few historians attempt to write about its history yet. Secondly, these few historians do not agree on the nature and scope of philosophy of science. A coherent understanding of the

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    Essay Length: 3,401 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Edward
  • Hobbes’ Political Philosophy

    Hobbes’ Political Philosophy

    Hobbes argues that the state of nature is a state of perpetual war of all against all and consequently, the life of man in the state of nature "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short" (xiii, 9). In this paper I will explain Hobbes' arguments that support his claim to the state of nature. I will also assess these arguments and state that they are not valid and, therefore, not sound. I will then talk about

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Max
  • Discipline Philosophy

    Discipline Philosophy

    Discipline Philosophy In my opinion, a well-managed classroom is the result of a well thought-out balanced system of discipline. In my classroom there will be a community of caring and compassion where both the students and I are have our needs met. Students will be interested and engaged in the curriculum and there will be mutual respect shared between us. The students will take responsibility for solving problems and will realize the consequences of their

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Mike
  • Lippman’s "public Philosophy"

    Lippman’s "public Philosophy"

    Walter Lippmann begins his The Public Philosophy by expressing his concern for the state of the Western Liberal Democracies. The West, he writes, suffers from "a disorder from within." This disorder has its roots in the long peace between 1812 and 1914, and was further exascurbated by the great population increase of that era and the coinciding industrial revolution. The latter changed the nature of armed struggle, which in turn intensified the "democratic malady." The

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Vika
  • Defining Philosophy

    Defining Philosophy

    Defining Philosophy In my effort to try and define what philosophy means to me I discovered that it means a lot of things to a lot of people. When I shared with my co-workers and friends that my next class is Philosophy they laughed and jokingly stated that I would be walking around the office sprouting comments about my point of view on life, which, in truth, won't be that much different than what I

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Anna
  • Industrial Revolution: How Did the Industrial Revolution Give Rise to New Philosophies?

    Industrial Revolution: How Did the Industrial Revolution Give Rise to New Philosophies?

    4. How did the Industrial Revolution give rise to new philosophies? The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain because social, political, and agricultural conditions there were particularly favorable at that time. More importantly a stable govt. in Britain meant that monarchs and aristocrats were less likely by chance to seize income or impose taxes on people. As a result, earnings were safer, and ambitious businessmen could gain wealth, social status, and power more easily than

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    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: David
  • Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt

    Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt

    Across Five Aprils By Irene Hunt Across Five April's by Irene Hunt is about how the civil war tears apart a family during the hard times of the civil war. There were 239 pages it this story. The book follows the life of Jethro Creighton, a young farm boy in rural Illinois as he grows from a protected and provided for nine year old, to a educated and respectable young adult during the chaos of

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    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: regina
  • Philosophy of Life

    Philosophy of Life

    Philosophy of life This Essay shows how I think people should live, and the Necessities to do so. This quote is from Buddha "Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment". I think this a good quote that shows how I and other people should live, because if you dwell in the past on relationships, or things that you did for too long you

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    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Philosophie’s of Sophies World

    Philosophie’s of Sophies World

    Philosophies of Sophie’s World Sophie’s World Berkeley Signature Edition/March 1996 The Garden of Eden-pg 2 Sophie is introduced to two questions she has not really thought about, but is very important questions to philosophers. She realizes that these questions are really important but most people take these questions for granted. When we are little children, we are easily amazed by many things that older people see as bland since they are used to it. Philosophers

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    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Philosophy 1301 - Mill on Ultimatums

    Philosophy 1301 - Mill on Ultimatums

    Philosophy 1301 Mill on Ultimatums The question provided is an excellent example of common dilemmas one encounters in life in dealings with other people. The situation this single mother faces seems to be a classic "catch 22" or "double-edged sword"; her parents style of fashismo rational have given her a sort of ultimatum based on a single class. Considering the challenges this woman faces in society and her own personal life, this type of ultimatum

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    Essay Length: 624 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Greek and Chinese Philosophy

    Greek and Chinese Philosophy

    Danial Shahbaz Mr. Mayers English 96 September 21, 2007 Communication "Phir oose bataadoo ke your fine? Yaan oose bataaoo ke your sick? Theek hai, I will not say a thing." One may take a look at the first couple of words and say to themselves, "what in the world is this?", but realizing it has English words, one can decipher what the sentence is proclaiming. The quote stated is an example of the hybrid language,

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    Essay Length: 924 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Janna
  • God and Philosophy

    God and Philosophy

    God and Philosophy There are many traditional views on religion and the existence of God. Some people believe there is a God and some do not, some think there is one God and some think there are many. There are also others who do not believe in God but a higher power that created us and the universe and everything in it. They cannot explain why or how but for some it's just a feeling

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Artur
  • Hilosophical Essays Represent Your Chance to Do Philosophy in Its Purest Form

    Hilosophical Essays Represent Your Chance to Do Philosophy in Its Purest Form

    hilosophical essays represent your chance to DO philosophy in its purest form. All too often we'll be working so hard just to understand what other philosophers have said that we won't have as much time to construct our own thought and arguments about the questions we'll consider. The papers are the exception to this rule, because in those papers, you will be encouraged to not only tell me what philosopher X said about issue S,

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    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Stenly
  • The Philosophies of Georg Hegel and Herbert Spencer

    The Philosophies of Georg Hegel and Herbert Spencer

    The Philosophies of Georg Hegel and Herbert Spencer The Philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Hegel (1770-1801) Metaphysics Georg Wilhelm Hegel aspired to find a philosophy that would embody all human experiences with the integration of not only science, but also religion, history, art, politics and beyond. Hegel's metaphysical theory of absolute idealism claimed that reality was the absolute truth of all logic, spirit, and rational ideas encompassing all human experience and knowledge. He believed that in

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    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Hunting

    Hunting

    Environment 2 The environment is very important to living on this planet for many reasons. For, one is that we need oxygen to breathe and that is what the environment does for use. Another reason is that the environment is good because it gives us a place to live and raise our children. Then, if we screw the environment up the animals, crops and the water we need to survive would be gone or contaminated

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    Essay Length: 575 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Jack
  • Philosophy of Education

    Philosophy of Education

    My best days as a teacher are those in which I have managed to see every student as an individual, provided lessons guided by a world-based view and are applicable to the lives of my students, where I have made learning an active process, when I have stressed respect for all things and all people, where I have developed and executed authentic tasks, when I maximized opportunities for critical thinking and problem solving, and lastly,

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Andrew

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