The Online Library of Liberty published a translation of Lucretius’s On the Nature of Things‚ as well as a brief analysis of its meaning. According to the Online Library of Liberty‚ On the Nature of Things consists of his ideas (derived from Greek philosophy) that the world is dictated by material forces and natural laws‚ rather than religion‚ and therefore gods and death have no reason to intimidate one. The article’s author writes‚ "Lucretius expounds the Epicurian view that the world can be explained
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Anselm’s ontological argument for the existence of god is done via “A Priori” argument meaning this argument uses mostly reasoning and definition to prove his point. Anselm begins his Chapter 2 argument with his own understanding of God‚ “I may understand that you exist as we believe you exist‚ and that you are what we believe you to be. Now we believe that you are something that which nothing greater can be thought.” (Feinberg‚ p. 30). Anslem’s understanding of God is a vital part for this argument
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Kant analyses three proofs for God’s existence‚ the ontological‚ cosmological‚ and physio-theological. I will be focusing on the cosmological proof. Kant believes the cosmological argument is impossible due to the argument’s reliance on the ontological argument. Kant argues against the ontological proof by stating that ‘god is perfect’ does not hold since god’s perfection is contingent upon god’s existence; the argument is tautological. The cosmological argument assumes that based on our experience
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God has always been an abstract subject for me. Throughout the entirety of my life I have never had a clear understanding of what God is‚ or even if there is a God. However‚ even though I never had a clear understanding of God or how we could even know of him‚ Descartes and Paley suggest that we can know God and that he is within our understanding. Throughout the readings they describe and argue how we can now the existence of God and the attributes that are associated with him. However‚ David
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I completely disagree with everything that the book Life of Pi states because its assertions are too unrealistic. One of the main points that the Life of Pi states that there is such thing as a God is because he is there to comfort us. While I completely agree that many people do feel really safe if they believe in God‚ I can not believe that Pi would feel as safe as he did just because of an intangible object like God. When Pi decided to change religions‚ he sighted the Hindu God as someone that
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The Irenaean theodicy argues that part of human growth is suffering and an evil nature‚ which guides us to God. However‚ the Death of God model argues the exact opposite. The Death of God model argues that evil cannot be an instrument of God and therefore‚ God has to be dead. Strengths of the Death of God model include the view that evil is not an instrument of God and the rejection of the traditional God that intervenes on Earth. The view that evil is not an instrument of God allows people to
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Is it reasonable to believe in God in the 21st Century? In a scientific age‚ it is getting harder and harder to believe in god due to the frequent scientific discoveries but does that really change the thoughts and opinions of those who choose to believe in such a thing? This is a very hotly debated question as over 51 per cent of the population believe in God but there is evidence to suggest that a hundred years ago‚ a smaller number but a higher percentage of people believed in a God. So therefore
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1. Introduction 2.1. Background The way in which ethics and faith should stand in relation to each other has been a notoriously disputed issue among Christian thinkers. That it is necessary for them to stand in relation‚ however‚ is blatantly obvious in regard to even the simplest biblical knowledge‚ since it clearly states a monotheistic conception of God as Creator‚ Ruler and Judge (Stevenson & Haberman‚ 1998:69). Although there are many uncertainties regarding the interpretation of
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During the mid-1600s‚ or the Age of Reasoning‚ Blaise Pascal authored “The Wager‚” to convince others of the time to decide whether or not they believed in the existence of God. Pascal sought to convince the religious skeptics and people of Libertine lifestyles to “wager” their belief that God exists. The hedonistic and self-pleasurable lifestyle led by the Libertines had a tendency to not have any significance or relevancy to the lifestyle of religious devotion. He argued that one is unable to determine
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John Green (SIU85*******) Philosophy 305A-001‚ Paper #1 September 29‚ 2014 In his meditations‚ Descartes often references a “deceiver” that possess both supreme power and malicious intent. This deceiver uses its powers to deceive Descartes with a false reality‚ forcing him to question everything and take no sensory information as accurate unless said information can be logically proven correct. Of course‚ the malicious deceiver is not real‚ and Descartes does not actually believe it is. In his
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