The book‚ Chariot of the Gods? (von Daniken 1972)‚ fails to use appropriate argumentative techniques to prove its claims. This essay will analyse two arguments from the book. The first section will analyse the argument from chapter 2 by identifying the marks of pseudoscience and the marks of a good explanation. The second section will be analysing the argument in chapter 5 by discussing some pseudoscientific marks‚ fallacies‚ rhetoric and cognitive biases that the argument includes. The analysis of
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Boethius Religion/Philosophy Project April 2nd‚ 2013 A master in the art of rhetoric‚ Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius‚ commonly know as Boethius‚ was said to have the ability to argue any topic given randomly and still be able to speak as if he was a true expert in that area of expertise. During the middle Ages many philosophers and teachers studied and contemplated the works of prior scholars such as the writings of Plato‚ Aristotle‚ the apostle Paul and many more. However it is Boethius
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In The Consolation of Philosophy‚ the teacher Lady Philosophy and the student Boethius develop a relationship of learning through dialogue that enables the Boethian prisoner to attain his spiritual goal. Lady Philosophy is a good teacher. Instead of telling the philosophical truth directly to Boethius‚ she chooses to maintain a discussion between her and her student based on Boethius’s arguments. Through the discussion‚ Lady Philosophy at first finds out the errors of Boethius’s assumptions and
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Boethius’ Philosophy Happiness‚ according to Boethius‚ is something that comes from within. Happiness is not found in things that are materialistic and tangible. While Boethius was imprisoned on charges of treason‚ he had plenty of time to figure such out because he knew that he would never be released. He would be forced to live out his life in prison‚ and eventually would be executed. To being‚ Boethius says that happiness cannot be attained by tangible things. Things such as wealth‚ power
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Philosophy‚ Boethius uses the character Lady Philosophy to present the argument that justice is always served in that “the good are always rewarded and the wicked always punished” (81). I support that the argument is sound and valid through evaluation‚ then I continue by extrapolating Boethius’s reasoning to understand that although the nature of true reward is singular‚ the nature of punishment is diverse. Boethius presents his claim on the nature of good‚ which is a crucial lead-in to his arguments on
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Trust in God God is often viewed in the Old Testament as cruel and somewhat irrational. However in Genesis 11-22‚ God has just cause and reason for all of his divine intervention with humankind. It is important to examine God’s objectives and motives behind his actions as we interpret the bible. Through close examination of “Dei Verbum” by Pope Paul VI‚ “The Book of Genesis”‚ and “Interpretation of the Book of Genesis” by Father Tadros Malaty‚ it is apparent that God offers his love and salvation
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‘Détente was a failure’ How far do you agree with this assessment? In the period of the 1970s‚ the policy of Détente is often viewed as a failure because the main themes of the Cold War remained present‚ for instance Soviet Expansionism continued and new advances for nuclear production came about despite laws capping old types of nuclear weapons. In addition‚ not all agreements were taken seriously‚ such as Helsinki which was deemed by Soviets as ‘just a piece of paper’. However‚ the term Détente
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Eileen Paulino One of seven virtues of ancient Greek times was faith. Faith is complete trust or confidence in someone or something. Regardless of where we are in our lives we always maintain faith that we will either advance in life or things will simply get better. I myself didn’t always have faith I didn’t think that if I wanted something bad enough it would happen for me. I always looked around at my surroundings and saw myself as a Hispanic female with goals and ambition who no matter how
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seventh century He was a mathematician and French philosopher. Pascal argued that a rational person should reside in as though they live and attempt to believe that God does exist. A lot of philosophers think Pascal is the most fragile of all disagreements for believing that God does exists. Pascal thought it was the strongest and he was one of the most dubious philosophers whoever wrote. In order to understand Pascal’s Wager you have to be aware of the setting of the argument. Pascal lived in a
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Cherry Chu Teacher Mr Hattam Why was Jesus successful? The founder I have chosen is Jesus. In my opinion Jesus was the most successful founder among all of the other founders because he was able to spread the faith of Christianity to different parts of the world. One of the reasons why I think Jesus was successful is that today there are over 2000 million Christians – largest religion in the world. Christianity began in the mid-1st century in the Middle East‚ which are about 2000 years
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