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    QN: In what ways‚ and to what extent‚ did Hitler improve social and economic conditions? ANS: During Hitler’s rule of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945‚ he had ultimate economic aim to achieve a self-sufficient defense economy for war and ultimate social aim to create pure master Aryan race loyal to Hitler and obedient to Nazi values. In increasing employment and mobilizing war economy‚ Hitler improved economic conditions temporarily and for most Germans‚ and surface but ultimately failed to sustain

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    Nehemas & Aristotle For Nehemas‚ friendship is a moral state where one treats a specific group of people with preference. Where one neglects neglecting moral value in order to give those specific people that specific treatment. The values of friendship distinguish us from each other and make us different in the sense that opposites attract or it makes us interesting to each other. He says that there are different types of friends. Casual‚ close and in between. The close friends are very special

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    Augustine (354–430) handout #1 – On Free Choice of Will‚ Book 1 Phil 201 – Dr. Tobias Hoffmann Augustine‚ On Free Choice of the Will‚ trans. Th. Williams‚ Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company‚ 1993. Q. Is God the cause of evil? (Books 1–3‚ pp. 1ff.) A. God does no [moral] evil‚ but he punishes the wicked and thus causes the evil of punishment. When people do evil‚ they are the cause of their own evildoing (1.1‚ p. 1). Q. Did we learn how to sin (i. e. to do evil)? (1.1‚ p. 1) A. Learning

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    explanations concerning the two cities. In your lines‚ there are some points that I cannot agree with you‚ thus I would like you explain my counter arguments in contrast with yours one by one. Please pay attention to my words‚ I will try to show you another way‚ in which you are assured that this shall be the eternal condition and you do not have to cut short your happiness. Objection 1: First of all‚ you wrote me that "the earthly city‚ which does not live by faith‚ seeks an earthly peace; and the end it

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    Plato form of the good -most important form is the form of the good‚ highest form and the source of all other forms - it represents the sun in the allegory of the cave‚ it illuminates and is the source of the other forms - all forms are an aspect of goodness- truth‚ courage ‚ wisdom and beauty is an aspect of goodness - the greatest thing we will learn‚ knowledge of it is an end in itself and gives meaning and purpose to life. - Different forms are arranged in a hierarchy and most important forms

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    Seif Ramy Kodsy ID: 900071874 Philosophy 220 – Philosophical Thinking Spring 2010 Take-home Paper On Free Choice of the Will Question 2 This book by St Augustine contains many philosophical arguments. St Augustine was a Latin speaking philosopher born in what is now modern day Algeria. He was one of the most prolific philosophers with hundreds of surviving works attributed to him (having survived the passage of time). The book On Free choice of the will contains may divine references with

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    Aquinas affirms the name ‘God’ means that He is infinitely good (pg. 125). The first argument offered concludes there must be a first mover‚ “and this everyone understands to be God” (pg. 126). His first argument does not prove the unmoved mover is good or bad. Aquinas‚ like most‚ understand God to be the original mover and infinitely good. Can we take Aquinas’ first argument as any proof of God’s existence? I believe not. Aquinas must argue such a creator is all good. Aquinas’ fourth argument puts

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    First Thomas Aquinas argues that our existence in itself is proof that God exists‚ as we would not be “in motion” had God not been the “first mover” and put us in motion. If I correctly understand Aquinas he is saying that life would not exist had there not first been a creator‚ and with out first a creator life would not have come to be. Secondly Aquinas argues that life is a series of events that could not have brought itself in to being. Theretofore God must exist to begin the series‚ he is the

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    The Spanish Military Hospital was established during the second Spanish period‚ from 1784 to 1821. It is located in St. Augustine‚ Florida. The Spanish doctors were experts in the field of medicine. When the Moors invaded Spain‚ they taught the Spanish important skills that would make their medical procedures much more successful. They were required to go through 11 to 13 years of education before becoming a practicing physician. The technique of washing their hands before treating a patient‚ and

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    Aristotle The Concept of Cause Unlike PlatoAristotle did not believe there are two separate realms. He believed the world we live in is the only place in which we can have true knowledge‚ because it it through our sense experience that we come to understand things. Aristotle believed that “form”was not an ideal‚ but found within the item itself. The form is its structure and characteristics and can be perceived using the senses. For example‚ the form of a table is that it has four legs and a

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