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    Locke vs. Williams

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    John Locke Vs. Bernard Williams In this essay‚ I will be explaining John Locke’s case of the prince and the cobbler and Bernard Williams’s second description of the A-body person and the B-body person. Bernard Williams has the correct analysis of the situation where the body is part of self-identity since it is inevitable for us to fear future pain. John Locke claims that memory is the key to identity‚ so “as far [as] someone’s memory goes‚ is so far the identity of the person.” (Campbell) First

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    Descartes vs. Spinoza

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    Term Paper‚ Philosophy 1107 Aaron Davis Evaluation & Comparison Between Descartes and Spinoza About The Paper: What I will do in this following paper is to discuss two very interesting philosophers‚ Rene Descartes and Benedictus de Spinoza. I will discuss each philosopher’s perspectives and insights on their most recognized theories and thoughts. I will then evaluate them and then give my opinion on the given topic. By doing this‚ I will contrast the similarities and

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    Descartes vs Hume

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    Descartes VS Hume René Descartes and David Hume touched upon epistemology on the same question‚ “where does human knowledge come from?” They both came to very different conclusions. Descartes claimed that our knowledge came from human reasoning alone and this is an absolute certainty principle. This faculty of reasoning is innate tool that came with human species. He called this tool‚ “mind‚” which is separated from our body. Hume on the other hand‚ claimed that human learned from observing the

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    Descartes vs. Hume

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    Rene Descartes‚ a rationalist‚ said that each person contains the criteria for truth and knowledge in them. Finding truth and knowledge comes from the individual themselves‚ not necessarily from God. Descartes also believed that reason is the same for every single person. Descartes believed that nothing could be true unless we as humans could perceive it. He also believed that you could break down things into smaller simpler parts. Descartes also believed that there was a relationship between

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    Socrates Vs Descartes

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    Socrates and Descartes have profoundly changed the philosophical thought of occident. Being both great thinkers‚ it is essay to portray their differences and similitudes base on how well they always exposed them. Descartes documented all his work; however‚ there is not any document written by Socrates himself‚ but by his student‚ for instance‚ Plato. Socrates was born 469 BC. He bounced between two branches of philosophy‚ ethics and epistemology. Ethics is the philosophy that tries to understand

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    Hobbes VS Locke

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    Thomas Hobbes and John Locke both had very different views on society and government. For Locke‚ natural rights could co-exist within a civil society and that natural rights and civil society were not mutually exclusive categories. While Hobbes thinks that the absolute power of the sovereign is simply the price mankind must pay for peace‚ Locke believes that absolute power is never a remedy for the state of nature. Hobbes and Locke also greatly differed in their opinions on the role of the state

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    Descartes vs. Aquinas

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    I found Descartes’ way of thinking very interesting when compared to Aristotle. Descartes doubts the existence of God when he decides to start over and completely ignore his senses. He states in his third meditation‚ “…and I do not yet even know for sure whether there is a God at all…I must examine whether there is a God‚ and if there is‚ whether he can be a deceiver.” (25) Descartes makes a goal for himself to find out if there is a God and who he is. According to Aquinas we will never be able to

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    Locke vs Mill

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    two of the greatest English philosophers‚ John Locke and John Stuart Mill. Locke and Mill men will attempt to uncover the mysteries of Liberty and Freedom and unveil the importance of being free. This essay will look at John Locke’s principle works” Second Treatise of government” and John Stuart Mills. “ On Liberty and Other Essays”. This essay will attempt to compare and contrast Lockes ideology on Liberty and Freedom to that of Mill. John Locke was one of the greatest philosopher in Europe in

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    Locke vs Hobbes

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    Locke believed that‚ “human behavior came from thought which was learned and subject to the influence of reason and observation.” Locke’s main ideas were positive to the human race. He also states that humans know right from wrong‚ and they are intelligent enough to solve the problems in front of them and realizing what is lawful and unlawful. Locke believed‚ “God created man and we were‚ in effect‚ God’s property.” John Locke believes that a government should be some form of a social contract‚

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    Locke vs Hobbes

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    Political Philosophy Hobbes‚ Locke‚ and the Social Contract The concept of human security‚ which has had a crucial place in human’s societal history‚ has been argued over by many great philosophers throughout mankind’s existence. Two pioneer thinkers of political philosophy‚ Thomas Hobbes and John Locke‚ theorized state of nature typologies‚ which are the core of social contract theory‚ and created a concept of modern security‚ even in the 17th century. Hobbes created a contract entrusting

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