Logos and Forms in Phaedo 96a-102a
... characteristic puns, and then he proceeds to describe how he had expected his new teacher Anaxagoras to make use of Mind as the new, almighty cause. The shape and position of the earth and the sun, the direction and speed of the stars would all find their cause if we were to show that they constitute ...
... characteristic puns, and then he proceeds to describe how he had expected his new teacher Anaxagoras to make use of Mind as the new, almighty cause. The shape and position of the earth and the sun, the direction and speed of the stars would all find their cause if we were to show that they constitute ...
From Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
... 4. Thoreau writes, “The only obligation which I have a right to assume, is to do at any time what I think right.” What are some pros and cons of this philosophy? 5. Evaluate Thoreau’s claim: “Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily ...
... 4. Thoreau writes, “The only obligation which I have a right to assume, is to do at any time what I think right.” What are some pros and cons of this philosophy? 5. Evaluate Thoreau’s claim: “Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily ...
Business Ethics and Early Modern French Philosophy at the
... philosophy became fashionable in the cultural and intellectual public space and also among liberal Catholics, which was one of the reasons why in 1914 Bergson’s books were listed among the list of those forbidden by the Catholic Church, even though Bergson later approached Catholicism in his philoso ...
... philosophy became fashionable in the cultural and intellectual public space and also among liberal Catholics, which was one of the reasons why in 1914 Bergson’s books were listed among the list of those forbidden by the Catholic Church, even though Bergson later approached Catholicism in his philoso ...
The Influence and Application of Eastern Philosophy
... Wagner, although he accepted essentially all of Schopenhauer’s philosophy, added some interpretation of his own. Wagner’s music, for example, although it does string the listener along for long periods without resolution, does always eventually resolve in the end, effectively satisfying the listener ...
... Wagner, although he accepted essentially all of Schopenhauer’s philosophy, added some interpretation of his own. Wagner’s music, for example, although it does string the listener along for long periods without resolution, does always eventually resolve in the end, effectively satisfying the listener ...
1 - Valpo Blogs
... proposition that “on the illusionist view, analytic philosophy is not a philosophical school”. But the contradiction is, I maintain, merely apparent. Nor am I convinced that this is a straightforward matter of equivocation. There must be some difference in meaning between the two propositions, of c ...
... proposition that “on the illusionist view, analytic philosophy is not a philosophical school”. But the contradiction is, I maintain, merely apparent. Nor am I convinced that this is a straightforward matter of equivocation. There must be some difference in meaning between the two propositions, of c ...
Philosophy as Therapy for Recovering (Unrestrained) Omnivores
... omnivores.” By “unrestrained omnivore” we mean someone whose dietary habits are such that even when she has many options available to her, she mainly chooses, by default or design, products of IFAP. By “recovering” unrestrained omnivores, we mean those within this demographic who believe (or at leas ...
... omnivores.” By “unrestrained omnivore” we mean someone whose dietary habits are such that even when she has many options available to her, she mainly chooses, by default or design, products of IFAP. By “recovering” unrestrained omnivores, we mean those within this demographic who believe (or at leas ...
IDENTITY: ETHICS OF DIGNITY
... of worship forms. Catholicism and Orthodoxism have a wide variety of diversified worship because each national or cultural group within the church brings its social and political customs into the church. The third major group Protestantism has a bewildering number of sects. Even so, all three believ ...
... of worship forms. Catholicism and Orthodoxism have a wide variety of diversified worship because each national or cultural group within the church brings its social and political customs into the church. The third major group Protestantism has a bewildering number of sects. Even so, all three believ ...
Why Didnâ•Žt Plato Just Write Arguments? The Role of Image
... Socrates' comrades in the jail cell will soon witness will be another event entirely. Simmias admits that both he and Cebes have wanted to ask a question, but were hesitant on account of Socrates' "present misfortune" (84d). Simmias therefore prefaces his objection with the following palliative: I t ...
... Socrates' comrades in the jail cell will soon witness will be another event entirely. Simmias admits that both he and Cebes have wanted to ask a question, but were hesitant on account of Socrates' "present misfortune" (84d). Simmias therefore prefaces his objection with the following palliative: I t ...
Richard Bernstein, “Beyond Objectivism and Relativism: An Overview.”
... [but] it has taken nearly a half-century since his death for us to apprehend clearly what the real task of philosophy, as conceived by him, involves. ...
... [but] it has taken nearly a half-century since his death for us to apprehend clearly what the real task of philosophy, as conceived by him, involves. ...
What is Existential-Phenomenology
... question of finding a method which will enable us to think at the same time of the externality which is the principle of the sciences of man and of the internality which is the condition of philosophy, of the contingencies without which there is no situation as well as of the rational certainty wit ...
... question of finding a method which will enable us to think at the same time of the externality which is the principle of the sciences of man and of the internality which is the condition of philosophy, of the contingencies without which there is no situation as well as of the rational certainty wit ...
`Among contemporaries the most exciting thinker, masterful
... Anglo-American tradition. Husserl, for instance, was carefully studied by Bertrand Russell. Phenomenological technique demands a serious concentration on the nature of lived experience. The same could be said not only of all philosophy, but also of literature and poetry, and it is no accident that t ...
... Anglo-American tradition. Husserl, for instance, was carefully studied by Bertrand Russell. Phenomenological technique demands a serious concentration on the nature of lived experience. The same could be said not only of all philosophy, but also of literature and poetry, and it is no accident that t ...
Bataille Versus Theory - Gary Sauer
... express ourselves, which draws value back to utility: what is sacre being an object, escapes our apprehension. There is not even, in th a way of thinking that escapes servitude, an available language su speaking it we do not fall back into the immutable rut as soon as w of it.” ...
... express ourselves, which draws value back to utility: what is sacre being an object, escapes our apprehension. There is not even, in th a way of thinking that escapes servitude, an available language su speaking it we do not fall back into the immutable rut as soon as w of it.” ...
PowerPoint Slides - IU School of Liberal Arts @ IUPUI
... • The “Apology” of Socrates near the beginning of “antiquity” for which he takes full responsibility • New Testament Readings which are mostly my work and • The Confessions of Augustine at the close of antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages on which he has contributed ...
... • The “Apology” of Socrates near the beginning of “antiquity” for which he takes full responsibility • New Testament Readings which are mostly my work and • The Confessions of Augustine at the close of antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages on which he has contributed ...
fiBeauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all
... images that he makes real. At this juncture you would be correct in thinking of the philosophy of Plato, which has been influencing the philosophical thinking of the Occident for centuries. Plato’s central idea was that we only perceive a shadowy reality with our physical eyes. We can only see the t ...
... images that he makes real. At this juncture you would be correct in thinking of the philosophy of Plato, which has been influencing the philosophical thinking of the Occident for centuries. Plato’s central idea was that we only perceive a shadowy reality with our physical eyes. We can only see the t ...
Hermann Hesse and India. - Germanic and Slavic Studies
... maxim of the world being a mere reflection of our consciousness is strongly related to the Indian idea that our factual world is not real but mere appearance. This idea is a basis of Hinduism and Buddhism. And Schopenhauer's anthropological thesis of the "will" as an irrational force within man corr ...
... maxim of the world being a mere reflection of our consciousness is strongly related to the Indian idea that our factual world is not real but mere appearance. This idea is a basis of Hinduism and Buddhism. And Schopenhauer's anthropological thesis of the "will" as an irrational force within man corr ...
Confucianism as Humanism - University of Central Arkansas
... relationships to the natural world, its inhabitants, and the universe. The main difference is the internal tension of whether to accept or reject the existence of the supernatural; Kongzi (Confucius) himself didn’t reject the supernatural, rather he chose to focus and emphasis the development of the ...
... relationships to the natural world, its inhabitants, and the universe. The main difference is the internal tension of whether to accept or reject the existence of the supernatural; Kongzi (Confucius) himself didn’t reject the supernatural, rather he chose to focus and emphasis the development of the ...
BL5-13 - Additional Information
... Of Hartley's hypothetical vibrations in his hypothetical oscillating ether of the nerves, which is the first and most obvious distinction between his system and that of Aristotle, I shall say little. This, with all other similar attempts to render that an object of the sight which has no relation t ...
... Of Hartley's hypothetical vibrations in his hypothetical oscillating ether of the nerves, which is the first and most obvious distinction between his system and that of Aristotle, I shall say little. This, with all other similar attempts to render that an object of the sight which has no relation t ...
The Dominant Islamic Philosophy of Knowledge
... knowledge, Al-Ghazali was able to account for the existence of an active God, who constantly creates and designs the whole universe and everything within it [4]. Al-Ghazali represents the traditionalist school of Islamic philosophy due to the fact that he defended the view that Islam has the highest ...
... knowledge, Al-Ghazali was able to account for the existence of an active God, who constantly creates and designs the whole universe and everything within it [4]. Al-Ghazali represents the traditionalist school of Islamic philosophy due to the fact that he defended the view that Islam has the highest ...
Renaissance Humanism: - Durham University Community
... “Pico was a both a Neoplatonist and a humanist; in fact, Pico is one of the most read of the Renaissance philosophers because his work synthesizes all the strains of Renaissance and late medieval thinking: Neoplatonism, humanism, Aristotelianism, Averroism (a form of Aristotelianism), and mysticism. ...
... “Pico was a both a Neoplatonist and a humanist; in fact, Pico is one of the most read of the Renaissance philosophers because his work synthesizes all the strains of Renaissance and late medieval thinking: Neoplatonism, humanism, Aristotelianism, Averroism (a form of Aristotelianism), and mysticism. ...
Spiritual madness and its many definitions
... a Beauty that lovingly shakes the very foundations of one’s ego and notion of separate existence. This love is then to be experienced over and over again, through discipline and devotion, until the Sufi has become totally absorbed and assimilated in a spiritual state of ecstasy that has annihilated ...
... a Beauty that lovingly shakes the very foundations of one’s ego and notion of separate existence. This love is then to be experienced over and over again, through discipline and devotion, until the Sufi has become totally absorbed and assimilated in a spiritual state of ecstasy that has annihilated ...
Pragmatism Lite - NYU Philosophy
... does both. But in this he is multiply confused. There are two distinct ways of reading the claim that ideas are not out there but are rather tools, depending on whether one takes it to be making a point about what beliefs are or a point about how beliefs are caused. Menand never sufficiently recogni ...
... does both. But in this he is multiply confused. There are two distinct ways of reading the claim that ideas are not out there but are rather tools, depending on whether one takes it to be making a point about what beliefs are or a point about how beliefs are caused. Menand never sufficiently recogni ...
Realism, Antirealism, Irrealism, Quasi
... this sort of reason, Dummett’s proposal should reduce, in effect, to the claim that truth may be evidence-transcendenr:The truth of a statement, vague or otherwise, need have no connection with the availability of any ground, even in principle, for believing it to be true. I believe that the appropr ...
... this sort of reason, Dummett’s proposal should reduce, in effect, to the claim that truth may be evidence-transcendenr:The truth of a statement, vague or otherwise, need have no connection with the availability of any ground, even in principle, for believing it to be true. I believe that the appropr ...
http://pine.kuee.kyoto-u.ac.jp/member/kaufmann/ Draft
... always a slight chance that things might not turn out the way we are now sure they will. We can assume that there always are historical alternatives, however unlikely, that make the use of the naked present infelicitous—except, of course, in the special circumstances mentioned in which the truth of ...
... always a slight chance that things might not turn out the way we are now sure they will. We can assume that there always are historical alternatives, however unlikely, that make the use of the naked present infelicitous—except, of course, in the special circumstances mentioned in which the truth of ...
Spirituality in the structure of personality
... Skovoroda, P. Yurkevich. G. Skovoroda brings the concept of "spirituality" to category of "heart." He describes the human which consist from two natures invisible – spiritual, and visible - material. Spirituality is an invisible but important essence of human. P. Jurkiewicz, follower of N. Skovorod ...
... Skovoroda, P. Yurkevich. G. Skovoroda brings the concept of "spirituality" to category of "heart." He describes the human which consist from two natures invisible – spiritual, and visible - material. Spirituality is an invisible but important essence of human. P. Jurkiewicz, follower of N. Skovorod ...
Glossary - Oxford University Press
... occurred. That’s all there really is to causation, as it pertains to these two events. All the rest that is required, on the universal succession analysis, has to do with other events—events like the blowout and events like the accident. It seems that there is more to causation than this. Hume offer ...
... occurred. That’s all there really is to causation, as it pertains to these two events. All the rest that is required, on the universal succession analysis, has to do with other events—events like the blowout and events like the accident. It seems that there is more to causation than this. Hume offer ...