the nature of God is found in the Catholic faith. The last three portions argue the basic stance of the Catholic Religion as well as the middle ground in the shaping alongside of Roman Catholic belief. All five include the fields of ontology‚ metaphysics‚ and logic of which played an enormous role on philosophical thought within the middle ages‚ and many more years’ eve till this day of age. These three books titled De Consolatione Philosophiae‚ De Arithmetica‚ and Opuscula Sacra show a man of
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Ethics 1010-027 4/1/13 Essay Assignment #2 Kant: Grounding for Metaphysics and Morals Immanuel Kant states that the only thing in this world that is “good without qualification” is the good will. He states the attributes of character such as intelligence‚ wit‚ and judgment are considered good but can be used for the wrong reasons. Kant also states that the attributes of good fortune such as health‚ power‚ riches‚ honor‚ that provide one happiness can also be used in the wrong way (7). In
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Dodds‚ who argues that the theory that the theme of the book is about destiny is “anachronistic.” Dodds is convinced that “fifth-century Greeks did not think in these terms any more than Homer did: the debate about determinism is a creation of Hellenistic thought. Homeric heroes have their ‘predetermined portion of life’; they must die on their ‘appointed day’; but it never occurs to the poet or his audience that this prevents them from being free agents” (Dodds 22). Dodds believes that Greeks did
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as the love of wisdom. The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge‚ reality‚ and existence‚ especially when considered as an academic discipline. It tries to explain many aspects in everyday life. The three main branches of philosophy are metaphysics‚ which asks the question of what is reality or the nature of reality? Epistemology‚ which asks how we know what we know? Finally‚ Ethics‚ which asks how we should live in light of what we know about reality? Each of these branches contribute to
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Alexander the Great Alexander the Great began to earn god-status because of his legendary accomplishments. Alexander did many things during his lifetime that just made other people pretty much sure that he was a god. In fact Alexander conquered the biggest empire of his time and claimed it for Macedonia. Alexander however could not do this alone in fact he had a very elite army of 37‚000 soldiers when he set out‚ including Greek and Macedonian troops. Alexander first went to Asia Minor to
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Characteristics of the Axial Age Karl Jasper defines Axial Age as‚ in his book “The Origin and Goal of History”‚ intellectual revolution that swept Eurasia from around 600 to 200 B.C.E. (Getz et al.‚ 2008‚ p.136).In fact we can see a connection between this definition and the wordAxial’s origin. The word axial derives from axis and pivot‚ in which axis means a straight line or a center point‚ and pivot means turning on a defined point. I believe the straight line stands for ongoing traditions and
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Immanuel Kant was an eighteenth-century professor‚ guru of Konigsberg‚ and one of the leading philosophers in history. Kant has made many contributions in the areas of metaphysics and ontology and understands reality on another level of humans during his time on this planet. The Kanation Theory deals with multiple characteristics of human nature‚ including; Reason‚ Duty and Human will. These three areas make up the Kanation Theory along with the categorical and hypothetical imperatives that help
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Topic Area IX: Contemporary Metaphysics Option i: Research any contemporary scientific view‚ such as String Theory or quantum Mechanics. Assess how a few philosophers we have studied in this course would react to the basic assumption and findings of the theory you have chosen. I am going to research Neuroscience as my topic. I am going to explore how a few of the philosophers that we have studied maybe would have reacted to these current findings of modern man and his endeavors to study
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Rene Descartes was a famous French scientist‚ mathematician and philosopher. Descartes’ philosophy has grown from his life. Let’s see how he lived and his philosophies appeared and grow. He was the first philosopher of his times who made an effort to defeat skepticism. His views about knowledge and about the relationship between mind and body were very influential over centuries. Descartes may be considered as the first in the modern school of mathematics. In 1596 on March 31 Descartes was born
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Realism Realists believe that reality exists independent of the human mind. The ultimate reality is the world of physical objects. The focus is on the body/objects. Truth is objective-what can be observed. Aristotle‚ a student of Plato who broke with his mentor’s idealist philosophy‚ is called the father of both Realism and the scientific method. In this metaphysical view‚ the aim is to understand objective reality through "the diligent and unsparing scrutiny of all observable data." Aristotle
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