consequences. On the utilitarian view one ought to maximize the overall good — that is‚ consider the good of others as well as one’s own good. The Classical Utilitarians‚ Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill‚ identified the good with pleasure‚ so‚ like Epicurus‚ were hedonists about value. They also held that we ought to maximize the good‚ that is‚ bring about ‘the greatest amount of good for the greatest number’. Utilitarianism is also distinguished by impartiality and agent-neutrality. Everyone’s happiness
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Sophie about the ancient myths that people had in the days before they tried to come up with natural explanations for the processes in the world. Then she learns about the natural philosophers who were concerned with change. Next Alberto describes Democritus and the theory of indivisible atoms underlying all of nature as well as the concept of fate. At the same time as she takes the philosophy course‚ Sophie receives a strange postcard sent to Hilde Møller Knag‚ care of Sophie. The postcard is from
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CH 2 -According to Aristotle‚ larger‚ heavier objects were supposed to fall to the ground faster than smaller‚ lighter objects. Galileo performed a number of experiments to Aristotle’s pronouncements‚ that two objects of different weight dropped from the same height fall down at exactly the same rate. -Copernicus published his findings in 1543‚ the same years as his death‚ in a text entitled (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres). -Heliocentric theory was proposed by Aristarchus of Samos
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PHILOSOPHY The History of Philosophy is often divided into three periods: Ancient philosophy‚ Medieval philosophy‚ and Modern philosophy. Philosophy is the discipline concerned with questions of how one should live (ethics); what sorts of things exist and what are their essential natures (metaphysics); what counts as genuine knowledge (epistemology); and what are the correct principles of reasoning (logic). The word is of Ancient Greek origin (philosophía)‚ meaning love of wisdom. Definition
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documents in existence. The Greek Period (600B.C. 499 A.D.) took mathematics far beyond the realm of counting and measuring time. The Greeks brought a variety of great minds to life‚ including Thales of Miletus‚ Archimedes‚ Apollonius‚ Euclid‚ and Democritus. They began using logic to explore new mathematical concepts. Pythagoras of Samos was one of
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Demography Demography is the statistical study of human populations and sub-populations. It can be a very general science that can be applied to any kind of dynamic human population‚ that is‚ one that changes over time or space. It encompasses the study of the size‚ structure‚ and distribution of these populations‚ and spatial and/or temporal changes in them in response to birth‚ migration‚ aging and death. Demographic analysis can be applied to whole societies or to groups defined by criteria
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Dante’s Inferno Circles of Hell and Punishments Circle 1: Limbo Dante’s First Circle of Hell is resided by virtuous non-Christians and unbaptized pagans who are punished with eternity in an inferior form of Heaven. They live in a castle with seven gates which symbolize the seven virtues. Here‚ Dante sees many prominent people from classical antiquity such as Homer‚ Socrates‚ Aristotle‚ Cicero‚ Hippocrates and Julius Caesar. Circle 2: Lust In the Second Circle of Hell‚ Dante and his companion
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Plutarch An Innovator 2/16/2014 Plutarch is one of the most well-known ancient Greek philosophers. Born around 45 CE in Chaeronia‚ a settlement in the region called Boeotia‚ he lived during the rise of both the Roman Empire and Christianity. Many historical events occurred during his lifetime‚ including the reign of the ruthless Roman emperor Nero‚ the expulsion of the Jews from Palestine‚ an eruption of Mount Vesuvious‚ and the Parthian War (Jones‚ “Roman History Timeline”). Plutarch
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“Now then-I have shown that things can never be created From nothing‚ and that no created thing Can never be called back to nothingness. You may‚ perhaps‚ begin to doubt my lessons Since atoms are too small to seem but listen‚- You must admit that there are other bodies Existing but invisible” (Alder 4). These are words from Lucretius’ poem that was found during the Italian Renaissance. According to the historian Jacob Burckhardt‚ the Italian Renaissance can be described as the “prototype of the
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time and length of this paper‚ I shall confine myself to addressing the initial criticism. I address both criticisms at length in Chapter 2 of my dissertation‚ entitled Just Friends: anInvestigation into the Social Theories of Aristotle and Epicurus on Friendship and Justice. Also‚an extended version of this paper has been submitted to Journal of Value Theory. Close The criticism I am concerned with here challenges the notion that specific justice is a moral virtue. I shall
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