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    Strengths British Airways is an established and a well-known brand and an icon that carries the symbol of UK air travel‚ is the largest British based airline considering it financial size and stability. Rich‚ strong and robust partnerships founded Oneworld alliance‚ becoming the third largest in the world. BA also takes advantage of Economies of scale by using the spare space of aircraft for cargo services.Additionally‚ a sole access to Terminal 5 development boost mobility in Heathrow airport Weakness

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    Descartes believes that all knowledge must rest on a priori foundations. This claim is proven through his acceptance in the idea of God as most true and that innate ideas are relearned. Descartes states that his understanding of “God a certain substance that is infinite‚independent and supremely powerful...the more carefully I focus my attention on them‚ the less possible it seems they could have arisen out of myself alone”(Meditations And Discourse on Methods 45-46). Descartes sees himself as a

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    types and expressions of rationalism‚ but the most influential expressions of rationalism pertaining to the French Revolution were in ethics and metaphysics. The first modern rationalist philosopher was Rene Descartes (1596-1650).The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy states that: “Descartes is known as the father of modern philosophy precisely because he initiated

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    Descartes Belief in God

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    Descartes and God In his groundbreaking work‚ Meditations on First Philosophy‚ the French philosopher Rene Descartes lays the groundwork for many philosophical principles by attempting to “establish a bold and lasting knowledge” (171)1. The foundations for knowledge Descartes established would go on to influence a plethora of other philosophers and philosophical works. Descartes argues in his meditations first from the point of view of complete skepticism‚ using skepticism as a tool in order to

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    human beings know about the experience of existence? How do we define it? Man’s struggle with the definition of knowledge and how we define existence is a driving force behind the questions asked by philosophers throughout history. From Plato to Descartes‚ from Aristotle to Kant‚ the understanding of existence became nearly an obsession of the great philosophical minds. It is this “obsession” that drives Hugh Jackman’s character‚ Robert Angier in Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige. In this “obsession”

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    Montaigne and Descartes Montaigne and Descartes both made use of a philosophical method that focused on the use of doubt to make discoveries about themselves and the world around them. However‚ they doubted different things. Descartes doubted all his previous knowledge from his senses‚ while Montaigne doubted that there were any absolute certainties in knowledge. Although they both began their philosophical processes by doubting‚ Montaigne doubting a constant static self‚ and Descartes doubted that

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    Descartes main and objective purpose in life is to find absolute truth or to know for certain that nothing is true. Descartes two-sided paradox leads him to question and doubt almost everything in order to find the ultimate end of happiness and pleasure. Among many doubts‚ Descartes looks to understand the senses of the body in the extension to the physical world. Through examining the five senses of sight‚ taste‚ scent‚ touch‚ and sound‚ and the imagination Descartes tries to find absolute truth

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    The quality of the wax can be noticed through Descartes mention of “flexibility” and “changeability”. This is caused through the change of its shape from round to square‚ square to triangular‚ and so on‚ As Descartes mentions. But the imagination does not give wax it’s flexibility to change qualities‚ but rather a physical effect that modifies the wax’s quality such as melting or freezing. Because of these modifications‚ our minds are now able to perceive the quality of the wax differently than its

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    Descartes 4th Meditation

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    After Descartes goes over what he has previously covered‚ including his proving that God exists and that God is perfect‚ he begins his fourth meditation. In this meditation‚ titled Truth and falsity‚ Descartes contemplates how he‚ Descartes makes mistakes if he is a product of this perfect being. First‚ he knows that God would not deceive him‚ since the will to deceive is a sign of weakness or hatred‚ and God’s perfection would not allow it. Second‚ if God created him‚ God is responsible for his

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    appears from her exchanging letters with Descartes. At that time‚ Descartes wrote his “dualism” idea. Descartes claims that the soul and the body are separated and can’t be together. Descartes considers the body is material‚ and the soul is immaterial. This idea was not understandable to Elisabeth. Therefore‚ she wrote a letter to Descartes asking him for clarification about his idea of the soul and the body and how he considered it separated; therefore‚ Descartes answered her question‚ but the answer

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