Republic that are contained in our text (pp. 107-123) focus on Plato’s idea (ideal?) of the Philosopher Ruler. According to Plato‚ the best possible political system (state) will be ruled (governed) by PHILOSOPHERS! (Is he kidding?) Our reading selection contains the following themes/sections: Introduction on the unifying of philosophy & politics (107) Why "true philosophers" would make the best rulers (108-12) • What is "true philosophy"? (108-11) • Love of wisdom
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ON22 Erich Grunder Jim Cook 3/2/2007 During the 17th and 18th century two philosophers‚ Plato and Aristotle‚ arose carving for themselves a trench in the philosophical world. We can see the biggest distinction between the two in their theories of how we know things exist. The traditions of Plato and Aristotle have been dubbed rationalism and empiricism respectively. Under these traditions many well known philosophers have formed their own theories of God‚ existence and the material world. Through
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Analyze how political‚ religious‚ and social factors affected the work of scientists in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Historical Background: Between 1500 and 1700‚ scientists‚ or natural philosophers as they were called‚ developed a new scientific worldview. A heliocentric model of the universe replaced the traditional geocentric model. Different methods for discovering scientific laws were developed. Scientists envisioned a universe composed of matter in motion‚ which could best be understood
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CONNECTION BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND ECONOMICS Philosophy is the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge‚ reality and existence‚ especially when considered as an academic discipline. But one can also say that it is not simply a theory about something‚ nor it is a belief or a wish. It is an activity of thought. Philosophy is a discipline concerned with questions of how one should live (ethics); what sorts of things exist in this world and what is their essential nature and what are the correct
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society are known as philosophers. In regards to political philosophy‚ no philosophers are more highly regarded than John Locke and Thomas Hobbes. The ideas and works of these two men have been discussed even to this day. While these two men attack the same topic with a great passion they happen to share a great number of dissimilarities. Whenever these two philosophers are discussed people often focus on their differences‚ however‚ they had several similarities. These two philosophers are both different
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Is it better to be a content pig or a discontented philosopher? This is a question posed by John Stuart Mills‚ this quote has been a great debate in philosophy. To answer this question‚ we must ask ourselves which we would rather be. The pig is content to eat its food and roll in the mud all day long‚ the pig gets pleasure out of the simple things in life. Humans have many worries and stress and have to work hard in their 9 to 5 jobs. However‚ the human has a much greater awareness of the world‚
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Thesis: To discuss the philosophers who participated and had an affect in The Age of Reason. OUTLINE I. David Hume A. Contributions to the Age of Reason B. Who and what influenced him II. Jean Jacques Rousseau A. What he believed in B. Who influenced him III. Claude Adrien Helvetius A. Influences B. Reasons for contribution IV. Immanuel Kant A. How he made a difference B. Why he made a difference C. What caused him to make a difference V. Johann Fichte A. Influences
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Europe was engulfed in intellectual and cultural movement known as the Enlightenment. Reformers‚ which included: writers‚ political reformers and philosophers‚ led the fight against dogma‚ and old tradition. Up to this point time‚ questioning authority was uncommon‚ people were not willing to risk being tortured or put into jail. Many of the philosophers that express Enlightenment ideas of: freethinking‚ reason‚ tolerance‚ education‚ risked themselves being killed. At the same time‚ noble rights and
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one’s body. Socrates discloses that most philosophers distance themselves from bodily pleasures such as sex‚ food‚ and expensive clothing‚ to concentrate on the welfare of their souls. In turn‚ they strive to disassociate bodily pleasures from the soul. Socrates believed that true wisdom‚
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MAJOR FIELDS OF PHILOSOPHY Epistemology - is the branch of philosophy that addresses knowledge‚ especially in regards to its method‚ validity‚ and scope. It is what helps distinguish between a justified belief or claim and an opinion. Logic - is the science of correct thinking. A classic definition is new and necessary reasoning. It’s new because you didn’t know the item before‚ and necessary because a correctly formulated syllogism has to be true if the bases are true. We took two axioms and made
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