was one of the greatest philosophers that the Muslim world had ever produced. He mainly studied in Baghdad and after gaining considerable proficiency in the Arabic language‚ he became an ardent pupil of the Christian savant Abu Bishr Matta bin Younus‚ quite prominent as translator of a number of works by Aristotle and other Greek versatile writers. Being a first Turkish philosopher‚ he left behind lasting and profound influence upon the life of succeeding Muslim Philosophers. Being a great expositor
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in the field of medicine and pharmacy have played significant role in the diagnosis and treatment of many diseases. From time immemorial‚ they have been able to pave the path of development of human knowledge. Mohammad Zakariya Razi‚ physician‚ philosopher and Persian alchemist‚ including the scientist with academic credentials and his experience‚ surpassed the physicians of his time. Although Baghdad was only 50 years old in the 9th century‚ it was at the peak of its political power; a powerhouse
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Pythagoras of Samos Pythagoras of Samos was born sometime around 569 BC and since then has been said to be a strange and mysterious man. There are no writings of Pythagoras himself but his teachings and beliefs continue to influence modern philosophers and scientists. Pythagoras was born on the Greek island of Samos in the Mediterranean Sea‚ and although information about his early life in Samos is unknown‚ it is known that the island of Samos was near an Ionian colony known to be famous for
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Alexandra Williams Philosophy 1100 The Mind and/or Body Argument For thousands of years philosophers have acknowledged a boundary between or physical selves and our mental selves. However with the passing of time and the advancements of science whether we are governed by our minds or just our bodies has been debated more and more. There are a long line of ancient thinkers who contemplated the mind-body relationship issue starting with Plato and Aristotle (Waller‚ 2011). Without knowing what
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In the eighteen hundreds two influential philosophers were born thirty eight years apart. Although John Stuart Mill and Friedrich Nietzsche’s lives overlapped; they both have different views regarding moral belief and the basis of morals in life. One aspect that sets these two philosophers apart is that while in London‚ Mill continued to fight for equal rights for women; the Germany resident‚ Nietzsche‚ believed that women were infinitely inferior to men. This‚ however‚ was not the only factor
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Now that a narrative and discussion of Plato’s rule by philosopher kings have been forwarded‚ the same treatment needs to be given to democracy. The modern definition of democracy is usually interpreted‚ and quoted‚ from Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address as a “... government of the people‚ by the people‚ for
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Cartmill argues that concsciousness does not only contribute to humans‚ but to non-humans as well‚ animals. Consciousness has been prescribed as a human experience in spite of all of the evidence that has been showed that animals have consciousness. Philosophers and scientists believe that consciousness has no evolutionary history‚ because they think that humans are the only creatures that have it. Because nonhuman animals lack some mental abilities‚ we regard them as property‚ the only moral constraint
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On October 31‚ A nervous young man named Martin Luther climbed up the cathedral’s stairs and nailed his ninety-five grievances against a corrupt church. Martin Luther’s defiance sparked off the Protestant Reformation‚ an event that forever turned the world upside down and changed the landscape of religion. At the same time‚ a bright eight-year-old child began his studies in classical philosophy; a study that involved in-depth studies in Plato and Aristotle. This child‚ John Calvin‚ became simply
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dramatic and disastrous ways. Although an understanding of memory is likely to be important in making sense of the continuity of the self‚ of the relation between mind and body‚ and of our experience of time‚ it has often been curiously neglected by philosophers. This entry’s primary focus is on that part of contemporary philosophical discussion of memory which is continuous with the development of theories in the cognitive and social sciences: attention to these interdisciplinary fields of memory studies
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Blackburn remarks that Thales ideas: "mark[ed] an important change in western scientific thought" (68). Thales also used I statements when he philosophized marking for the first time in history a human used reason and the rational mind. Other philosophers surfaced in Ionia during this period creating the study of the "cosmos‚" or universe.
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