adored when they lived and are revered in their absence. There are people who are dependent on others for their daily bread and butter. On the other hand there are the people who fall in the rich category. People like these are worms‚ they lead an existence where once they have died no one will remember them for much. These are the people falling in the ‘useless’ category. We must try to rise from the ‘useless’ category and spend our life trying our best to achieve something that will make us belong
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Rene Descartes was a French philosopher‚ mathematician‚ and scientist. He was the father of the theory “I think‚ therefore I am‚” he was a rationalist and strong believer that anything can be solved by thinking. He touched on one of the most controversial topics‚ the belief of God. This is known as the trademark argument in which I believe is not sound. Descartes as a philosopher‚ questions everything around him. He even questions whether or not he truly exists as a person. He believes he does exists
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possible for us never to have that idea at all. On the other hand‚ why must a perfect being exist? Why should existence be better‚ “more perfect‚” than non-existence? Descartes does not give us enough evidence of the “perfectness” of existence‚ and thus existence cannot be guaranteed as an essential part of the perfect being’s property. Now I have shown that Descartes’ main argument for God’s existence is flawed‚ although I still do not rule out the possibility of God’s
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First Essay Assignment Question: Meditation on First Philosophy It can be seen that Descartes Meditations on first philosophy raised a lot of questions regarding the existence and nature of the self‚ the existence of God‚ the nature of truth and the possibility of error‚ and finally also the essence and existence of bodies along other things. Descartes did all this through the medium of his six meditations. Descartes from his very first Meditation‚ that of concerning things that can be called
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friendship. In return‚ the sacrifices we had to make constituted just a small price in return. This price can be termed as a small token of appreciation for our friend‚ Science. According to an existential argument‚ existence precedes essence. If so‚ then human existence is absurd and unjustified. The goal of a human being then is to justify his
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and Kenneth Bruder‚ Plato was not congruent when speaking on public (35). Plato’s incongruences during public speeches make me think that he was not one hundred percent sure about his own theories. Plato believed all abstract ideas had real existence as perfect forms in an immaterial world apart from our physical perceptions. Some of the significant ideas which
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this question. In doing so‚ he combats an objection to the existence of God‚ which is known as the problem of evil. The problem of evil states that no omni benevolent being would will that evil exists‚ and whatever an omniscient‚ omnipotent being wills must be accomplished. Evil exists so‚ according to the problem with evil‚ God can not exist. When analyzing whether or not the presence of evil in the world is compatible with the existence of an omniscient‚ omnipotent‚ omni benevolent God‚ I follow
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The Five Ways of Knowing: Thomas St. Thomas Aquinas listed what he saw as five intellectual proofs of the existence of God—proofs that were dependent on reason and observation‚ yet not the revealed word of God. For centuries‚ the five ways were regarded as the truth and revered by theologians and common folk alike. The five ways deal with reason and observation. The first way‚ Aquinas explained‚ revolves around a first mover. As described by Young‚ W. (2004) this is‚ “the change of something
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physical component‚ and that you must undergo various cycles of rebirth. Nirvana is defined as a means to extinguish. It is understood as a passing into another kind of existence. It is a release of the mind from defilement‚ by giving up worldly attachments and possessions. It is the intermingling of the individual existence into the ultimate reality. 2. Explain and evaluate the Hindu ideas of Brahman‚ atman and reality. Brahman is the ultimate principle or reality that sustains all things i
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even exist? During Descartes first meditation‚ titled What can be called into doubt‚ he discusses the Dream Argument. In the Dream Argument Descartes explains that he can doubt what he sees. Therefore‚ if we can not see God‚ how can we prove His existence? This proposition beings skepticism in to play. Skepticism is the thesis that knowledge is not
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