Philosophy 1. How are Plato’s and Descartes’ views of the soul/self similar? Both Plato and Descartes believe that the soul/self is best (or only) to think and learn separate from the body and its faculties. According to Plato‚ “the soul reasons best without bodily senses.” Plato claims that sight‚ hearing‚ pain‚ and pleasure are a distraction to the soul in its search for reality‚ and that true knowledge can only be achieved with pure thought alone. “The body confuses the soul and prevents
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The Elizabethan World Picture In the Elizabethan era it was believed that the Earth was the center of the universe and the Earth was surrounded by 9 or 11 spheres. In the 11th sphere was called coelum empyraeum which means the imperial heaven. It was here it was believed that God existed with his angles. The 9th sphere was called primum mobile. This sphere controlled the universes movements. In the sphere closest to Earth was the moon. From 2nd sphere and upward entailed eternity and stability and
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which is felt as gravity. He indicated it to explain a static Universe based on his mathematical element called Cosmological Constant. On the other hand‚ he discarded his mathematical factor after discovering that the Universe is expanding. The research was printed in Physics Letters B. It was led by scientists from University of Edinburgh. It was conducted two decades ago. The research indicates that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating. This suggests that Einstein’s Constant may still
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examined the similarities between light confined in a reflecting box and particles‚ I was struck by a big idea. This idea is: Basic Assumption: The universe is only spacetime. This idea will be taken as a basic assumption for the remainder of this book. If this simple starting assumption is correct‚ it should be possible to invent a model of the universe that uses only the properties of 4 dimensional spacetime. Ultimately‚ all matter‚ energy‚ forces‚ fields and laws of physics should logically be
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Kierkegaard and Tillich write in a very similar way about the faith as that one thing which can transcend the individual and the collective. Having faith transcends the human experience from the finite universe and into perceiving the world through the aesthetic. No longer concerned with the ethical boundaries because the faith in God will bring only what is in good sake. Kierkegaard presents to the reader the idea of the “absolute duty to God” and he describes that Abraham’s duty to his son is less
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time. Word count: 97 * 13.75 billion years ago‚ something happened in our universe that not even world known scientists can fully explain. We know so much complex information about our universe‚ but why can’t we know how it all started. The Big Bang occurred approximately 13.75 billion years ago‚ which is the considered the age of the Universe. We think that it occured 13.75 billion years agon becaus‚ thats how old the oldest stars are‚ and we think that stars
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science‚ religion only offers claims based around faith and belief to answer these questions‚ research and evidence are replaced with gods and the supernatural‚ which produce simple answers to complex questions. An example would be the creation of the universe‚ was it created by the “big bang”‚ or was there some godly being who has always been here that decided to make our world. One method offers explanations through research and evidence‚ the other offers single answers that require blind faith. In
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He strongly states that “A universe in which everything is known would be static and dull” (Sagan‚ 4). If humans could not discover new information and challenge theories‚ laws‚ and their own thoughts‚ what would they spend their days doing? Sagan reminds readers that it is okay to have questions about the universe. He supports discovery‚ but also the undiscovered that may never be known to
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THE PATH OF SPLITNESS The Path of Splitness The Path of Splitness By Indrek Pringi Library of Congress Txu 987-756 Copyright January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book‚ I have had to use various terms and words that are not found in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is used to describe two complimentary‚ simultaneous conditions: Connection‚ and Separation. This book explores the logical extrapolation
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is very different then the early way of life. Everyday people come up with more inventions leading to more advanced technology and more discoveries of the world we know today as earth. From things to discovering new animals or even elements the universe is changing and we are not sure for the better or for the worse. Although we are getting all of these new technologies and gadgets do we know the effect it has on the environment? In some cases we do and some we do not. For example cars‚ they have
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