Title Author(s) "Of human bondage": Somerset Maugham in China Zhang‚ Yanping; 张燕萍 Citation Issue Date URL Rights 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10722/133977 The author retains all proprietary rights‚ (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. “Of Human Bondage:” Somerset Maugham in China by Zhang Yanping （张燕萍） B.A. Fudan. February 2011 A thesis submitted for the Degree of Master of Philosophy at The University of Hong Kong Abstract of thesis entitled “‘Of Human Bondage:’
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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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Beyond Good and Evil By Friedrich Nietzsche Download free eBooks of classic literature‚ books and novels at Planet eBook. Subscribe to our free eBooks blog and email newsletter. PREFACE UPPOSING that Truth is a woman—what then? Is there not ground for suspecting that all philosophers‚ in so far as they have been dogmatists‚ have failed to understand women—that the terrible seriousness and clumsy importunity with which they have usually paid their addresses to Truth‚ have been unskilled and
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2 Determining Moral Behavior CHAPTER OBJECTIVES 1. Define deontological and teleological ethical systems‚ and explain ethical formalism and utilitarianism. 2. Describe how other ethical systems define what is moral—specifically‚ religion‚ natural law‚ ethics of virtue‚ and ethics of care. 3. Discuss the argument as to whether egoism is an ethical system. 4. Explain the controversy between relativism and absolutism. 5. Identify the three consistent elements of most of the approaches to resolving
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FORGIVENESS QUESTIONS… (Is there a ‘logical paradoxy’ of forgiveness?) x2 (To what extent‚ if any‚ can one forgive someone over whom one has an unequal authority?) (is forgiveness possible?) READING ONE Forgiveness – Aurel Kolnai… Forgiveness is pre-eminently an ethical subject‚ and a paper written about it cannot help being a paper in ethics. It may well be properly philosophical‚ conceptual and analytical‚ as he intended his works to be. In fact he intended it to be chiefly logical
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Think A compelling introduction to philosophy by Simon Blackburn eVersion 3.0 / Notes at EOF Back Cover: "Blackburn has produced the one book every smart person should read to understand‚ and even enjoy‚ the key questions of philosophy‚ ranging from those about free will and morality to what we can really know about the world around us." -- Walter Isaacson‚ Time Magazine "This is a wonderfully stimulating‚ incisive and -- the word is not too strong -- thrilling introduction to the
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Chapter one the first civilization I. Introduction A. The Idea of Civilization The West is an idea that developed slowly during Greek and Roman civilization. Initially the Greeks referred to their homeland as the Europe—or “West.” The Romans took up the concept and applied it to the western half of their empire. Asia—or the East—was similarly a geographical innovation of the Greeks and Romans. Asia was that land that belonged to non-Greek cultures of Asia Minor‚ particularly the Persians
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BLOOMSBURYGOODREADINGGUIDES 100 MUST-READ LIFE-CHANGING BOOKS Nick Rennison A & C Black • London First published 2008 A & C Black Publishers Limited 38 Soho Square London W1D 3HB www.acblack.com © 2008 Nick Rennison ISBN: 978–0–7136–8872–6 A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means – graphic‚ electronic or mechanical‚ including photocopying‚ recording‚ taping
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The Matrix and Philosophy Welcome to the Desert of the Real Edited by WILLIAM IRWIN For Peter H. Hare‚ Morpheus to many Contents Introduction: Meditations on The Matrix 1 Scene 1 How Do You Know? 3 1. 2. 3. 4. Computers‚ Caves‚ and Oracles: Neo and Socrates WILLIAM IRWIN Skepticism‚ Morality‚ and The Matrix GERALD J. ERION and BARRY SMITH 16 The Matrix Possibility DAVID MITSUO NIXON 28 Seeing‚ Believing‚ Touching‚ Truth CAROLYN KORSMEYER
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