purpose in nature can be seriously plausible. Cosmological arguments begin with the bare fact that there are contingently existing things and end with conclusions concerning the existence of a maker with the power to account for the existence of those contingent things. Teleological arguments (or arguments from design) by contrast begin with a much more specialized catalogue of properties and end with a conclusion concerning the existence of a designer with the intellectual properties (knowledge‚
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Aquinas’ Five Proofs What real evidence can be supplied for God’s existence? St. Thomas‚ in his Summa Theologica‚ sets forth five separate proofs for the existence of God‚ Unlike St. Anselm’s proof‚ which deals with pure concepts‚ St. Thomas’ proofs rely on the world of our experience-what we can see around us. In these proofs we can easily see the influence of Aristotle and his doctrine of the Four Causes. l) The Proof from Motion. We observe motion all around us. Whatever is in motion now
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Plato‚ the author of Phaedo as stated by A.A. Long in The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy‚ writes Phaedo in hopes of educating his students. This Socratic Dialogue is set in Ancient Greece around the time of Socrates’s death or 399 BC. Plato desires to give his students a better understanding of Socrates’s thoughts on beauty. Socrates claims to believe that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. He simply states that once we define beauty‚ beautiful things will appear beautiful. With
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The passage from 72e to 77a in Plato’s Phaedo contains Plato’s argument for the idea that the soul exists before birth. This argument relies heavily on Plato’s Theory of Forms. For Plato‚ the sensory‚ material world is full of impermanence‚ instability‚ contradiction‚ and illusion. Therefore‚ Plato says‚ for knowledge to be possible‚ there must be a realm of objects‚ namely “Forms”‚ which exist outside of the spatiotemporal realm‚ and which mediate our knowledge of the sensory world. These Forms
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Ryan Horler What arguments are presented in the Crito for the conclusion that Socrates would be acting unjustly if he escaped from prison and evaded his sentence? Do you find them convincing? The Platonic ’Death of Socrates Dialogues’‚ are a quartet of important and influential conversations written by Plato‚ but told through the eyes of his mentor Socrates. Written in 386BC‚ they tell the story surrounding the Socrates being charged by the state for piety and corruption of the youth
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Intro: The ancient Greek Philosopher Socrates was put on trial for impiety and corrupting the youth. He has been sentenced to death for his crimes in a few days when a ship arrives back to Athens. Crito‚ one of his friends‚ argues with Socrates by telling him he should escape from prison. Socrates was reluctant to escape because of his own personal beliefs. Narration: As Crito is arguing with Socrates about escaping prison‚ he tells Socrates that he thinks it would be unjust to just subject and
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writing this paper because to defend Socrates‚ the man who did nothing wrong and was killed for doing the right thing and trying to save people from being trapped. The people were not allowed to speak what they thought was right‚ couldn’t argue‚ and must follow the law. Whoever shall read this should care because an innocent man was killed on the death penalty because he was trying to make the world a better place and that is horrible. I argue that’s Socrates was a virtuous person because he wasn’t
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Environmental Ethics Gaia Hypothesis (eco-holism) James Lovelock argues that we are part of planet earth and not masters of it. He argued for the existence of ’Gaia’ - a living system which controls the earth and keeps everything constant. Lovelock says that Gaia keeps the planet at a constant state of management. Lovelock says we shouldn’t be anthropocentric (focussing solely on ourselves) but biocentric‚ and says that Gaia restores balance to the imbalance caused by humans. The earth is‚ Lovelock
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Socrates: Creating Elaborate Arguments Socrates in his defense of the accusations brought onto him‚ argues on several different topics that disprove any accusations that Meletus brought to the trial. His approach at defending himself through arguments was a bold move‚ and as we know from reading the text‚ the jury still finds him guilty regardless of this strategy that backfired on him. One argument that stuck out was how he did not corrupt the youth‚ but if he did it was unknowingly‚ which does
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6:30-9:30pm Phaedo Summary Socrates stands now before his disciples telling them he is not afraid of dying because he says death is what the true philosopher waits for all his life. The philosopher must have lived a good life‚ and when death is presented upon him‚ he should take the opportunity. Socrates formed a conclusion that: "That the real philosopher has reason to be of good cheer when he is about to die‚ and after death he may hope to obtain the greatest good of the world." Socrates is saying
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