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 teleological argument as put forward by St. Thomas Aquinas attempts to prove the existence of God by use of empirical evidence. Aquinas attempts this through three ways. The first way Aquinas attempts to prove the existence of God is through cause and effect. Every action or outcome must have a previous action that allowed that action or outcome to come about. This previous action must have been set in motion by another action. St. Thomas reasons that this infers an infinite chain of cause
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Nigel Warburton is a contemporary British thinker‚ who writes books mainly about philosophy. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Bristol and Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Darwin College‚ Cambridge. Warburton was a lecturer at the University of Nottingham‚ and in 1944 he joined the Department of Philosophy at the Open University. Today‚ he gives philosophy courses in Tate Modern and writes a monthly post “Everyday Philosophy” for Prospect Magazine. Also‚ Nigel Warburton
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It is to death that it is to life. It is the way of the life to find death in the end‚ that no life has no end‚ and that death must exist for life to exist. As an excerpt from my reflection of life quoted‚ “To find the meaning of life is a journey to an end; what one can attain is the construction of a personal meaning in the daily undertaking of living itself‚” death is nothing but an undertaking itself‚ that no one‚ perhaps nothingness can only dwell into‚ an absence of any form of life. However
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I genuinely agree with Descartes Painter’s Analogy in light of the fact that everything which we see in our dreams and the task that we perform in life dependes on what we have experience from the existence of reality. The dream itself is just our sensation of specific things that could take distinctive forms in our dream‚ yet at the same time we cannot disprove our self that what we come across in our dream is not based on the presence of reality. Along these lines‚ I must say Descartes is absolutely
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DEFINITIONS OF LEISURE 1. Read carefully all these definitions of Leisure and select the meanings you prefer; then make up your own complete definition and write it down. After reading the definitions of Leisure carefully‚ the two that I believe are most complete and representative of the concept we nowadays see as Leisure are: “Leisure is a state of mind which ordinarily is characterised by un-‐obligated time and willing optimism. It can involve extensive activity or no activity. The key ingredient
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Fig. 8 and 9. Windows of the main bedrooms. Villa Mairea. But let us not lose our temporal thread and go back to ancient Greece‚ to question an absence: Why Greek temples do not have windows? Marco Vitruvius says of the Doric temples‚ in the fourth of his ten books on architecture‚ that "is not possible‚ as some mistakenly said that the triglyphs represent windows; as triglyphs are placed at the corners of the building over the two quarters of the columns‚ in which site are not openable windows
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As those familiar with the “actual” discipline of Philosophy can attest‚ there is a vast disconnect between what philosophy means‚ what philosophy does‚ and the questions philosophy asks. The usually pretentious divide between labels of “Continental” and “Analytical” pervade the presentation of any project towards groupings so labeled. Honestly‚ have you read Kant? Are you familiar with Rawls? Similarly‚ can you understand Heidegger? How about Nietzsche viz.‚ are you sure you know what the latter
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Descartes is totally right to be suspicious about ’the given’ before accepting it as the establishment of learning‚ however‚ in the meantime‚ it is not the bravest thought to be distrustful about everything. Throughout first Meditation‚ Descartes disposes of all his past obtained opinion‚ which from his sense is highly dubious. (Descartes‚ Meditations I‚ pg.1‚para. 1) Accordingly‚ he chooses to rebuild his insight from a specific ground and totally believe in things that are indubitable. (Descartes
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Spiritual healing involves manifesting a connection with your true self‚ a process which demands that we change the way in which we view our lives. We are so much more than our physical bodies. We are not that tiny voice inside our heads-that is our ego. No‚ we all are spirits that have taken up residence inside containers of flesh and bone. This is why we all have that feeling there is something more. In our quest for spiritual healing‚ we look for guidance from above. However‚ the source of all
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