a particle physicist as he or she conducts his or her experiments in the particle accelerator. This chapter Dr. Lederman gives a brief background story of what led him to particle physics. Chapter 2: In a fictional dream‚ Dr. Lederman meets Democritus‚ an ancient Greek philosopher who lived during the Classical Greek Civilization and has a conversation with him. The conversation is actually in the form of a Socratic dialogue. The two have an informative dialogue about physics.
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Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through space and time‚ along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly‚ it is the general analysis of nature‚ conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves. Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines‚ perhaps the oldest through its inclusion of astronomy. Over the last two millennia‚ physics was a part of natural philosophy along with chemistry‚ certain branches of mathematics‚ and
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consciously as humans‚ like animals‚ can think and receive sensory data without being self-aware. Conscious thought is not the primary means of cognition‚ as sparse conscious thought is interjected between (or upon) spans of “self-unawareness”. The atomism of the soul that Nietzsche censures so harshly (211) is made irrelevant by this truth. Consciousness cannot be the permeating‚ central embodiment of the soul if it is not even essential to functioning. To
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Stolen Legacy: Greek Philosophy is Stolen Egyptian Philosophy by George G. M. James‚ Ph.D. University of Arkansas‚ Pine Bluff This work was originally published in New York by Philosophical Library in 1954. The content herein has been slightly edited to mark word corrections and in its organization to assist readability. The author‚ George Granville Monah James was born in Georgetown‚ Guyana‚ South America. His parents were Reverend Linch B. and Margaret E. James. George studied at Durham
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Epicurean Paradox The problem of evil‚ also known as the Riddle of Epicurus‚ states: If God is willing to prevent evil‚ but is not able to Then He is not omnipotent. If He is able‚ but not willing Then He is malevolent. If He is both able and willing Then whence cometh evil. If He is neither able nor willing Then why call Him God? I can give my opinion as a Christian‚ and can’t speak for other religions. But for us‚ God’s “will” revolves around Who He is. In short‚ God IS Love. We believe
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Ethics‚ also known as moral philosophy‚ is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing‚ defending‚ and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct.[1] The term comes from the Greek word ethos‚ which means "character". Ethics is a complement to Aesthetics in the philosophy field of Axiology. In philosophy‚ ethics studies the moral behavior in humans‚ and how one should act. Ethics may be divided into four major areas of study:[1] Meta-ethics‚ about the theoretical meaning and reference
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So claimed Lucretius: Roman poet‚ philosopher and Epicurean. In prolific verse from The Way Things Are‚ Lucretius denied that death was an evil and suggested that death should not be feared at all. Lucretius’ beliefs put him in the same camp as Epicurus‚ whom he mentions in his verse‚ making him known as an Epicurean‚ which I shall define for the purposes of this paper as someone who believes that death is not something to be feared. The opposing camp to this view comprises‚ among others‚ Nagel
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1.8 Creationism argument In this chapter we want to discuss about a subject which is more necessary than previous subjects and it is “creation of the universe”. We want to proof that this world need a creator. This subject is important because of two reasons; first of all‚ it is a challenging issue for most of the people and there are some beliefs about that as Unitarian beliefs. Second aspect is in-troduct0ion of some new issues and discusses about the creation of the universe by science‚ it is
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not have discovered the other properties of the atom. Some may disagree‚ stating that Dalton was not the individual who originally formed the atomic theory. The may argue that Democritus was the most imperative person‚ since he was the one who stated that‚ “everything is composed of atoms.” For this may be true‚ Democritus merely stated this theory as a philosophical idea‚ while Dalton actually had done research to prove his claim. Dalton had done experiments‚ such as studying the different properties
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about it before it even happened. And if he is all powerful he can stop it. And if he’s all good. then he would want to stop it. And yet he doesn’t and the evil continues. The Greek philosopher Epicurus gives one of the earliest statements of the problem of evil. This is called the Epicurean Paradox. Epicurus stated: Is God willing‚ but unable? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able‚ but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then where does evil come in? Is he neither able
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