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    Introduction to Philosophy

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    1. What are the main branches of philosophy? Do philosophers have the same answers to the same philosophical questions? Why? Philosophy is a way of thinking about the big questions in life‚ from the existence of men to its morality. It is an activity which sharpens our reason. The word was coined by Greeks ‚ meaning “the love of wisdom”. Philosophy can be divided into six big issues it is interested with. * First‚ the question about the nature of the world and the existence of Men which is

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    Descartes famously proposed the conception of the mind and body as two distinct substances. Substance dualism is one of his famously philosophical stances. According to this philosophical position‚ the mind and body can exist as two separate substances that can exist independently. Descartes commences by noting that the basis of his opinions have been his senses and we cannot be sure that our minds are not deceiving us. It is as such because we cannot be sure that our exciting thoughts of the world

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    Descartes sets out on a mission to guarantee that every one of his beliefs is certain without any doubt. He considers that he should free himself of all false learning keeping in mind the end goal is to acquire any genuine information. Descartes chooses to question all that he has learned from truth in the past. He will depend on his thinking capacity to reconstruct his own particular knowledge‚ starting with a foundation of things which he is most sure about. Descartes declines to acknowledge anything

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    (Philosophy) “Unexamined Life is not worth Living” Socrates believed that people do not think for themselves he also believe that if an individual cannot “think” that person is not open for others to question his/hers thoughts. The outcome of this dilemma in Socrates mind is “life is not worth living”. According to our presentational lectures “Philosophy” is a critical examination of our thoughts “Critical

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    Socrates' Unexamined Life

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    Why does Socrates think that the unexamined life is not worth living? Does he have a good defense of his philosophical life? As the wisest man in all of ancient Greece‚ Socrates believed that the purpose of life was both personal and spiritual growth. He establishes this conviction in what is arguably his most renowned statement: "The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates makes it quite evident through the severity of the language in this claim‚ the extent to which he will live

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    The fundamental idea of Descartes was that he would have these short arguments by asking whether it was possible doubting the vital intentions of arithmetic and geometry. Descartes was hoping to find certain material and knowledge. He was for sure that the knowledge was real. He wanted to find something solid before he could build upon it with more knowledge. He stated that knowledge came from speaking. When it came to the ideas of Bacon‚ he did not give an actual philosophy‚ but rather a method of

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    Relevance of Philosophy

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    Introduction /Overview In this essay the challenge is to shown the relevance of philosophy to 21st century manufacturing. As philosophy is not a new concept there is a wide and defervesce range of ideas (on everything that existed and does not yet exist). The people who study philosophy and deal with such matters must have at one stage put forward some thoughts on manufacturing and even engineering in general. Philosophy comes from the Greek for "love of wisdom‚" giving us two important starting

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    What Is Socrates Dualism

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    Socrates believed in dualism. This means that he believed in both the body and a soul. He believed that when a person dies their soul separates from their body. Socrates was cheerful when he approached his death because he believed that as a philosopher he has been preparing for his death for his whole life. Philosophy‚ according to Socrates‚ is a lifetime of devotion “to a cultivation of the soul and mind- a meletei nekron‚ a “getting oneself ready for death.”” This means that during our lifetime

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    Socrates was one of the most influential philosophers of all time. This amazing man was known only in the words of his students Plato and Xenophon. He fought in the Athenian army‚ he was a stone statuary‚ he was in the Athens assembly‚ and most of all he was a teacher of philosophy. Socrates was brave and fearless in the face of war and death; he was willing to fight for things he believed in. His words are still referenced today. Socrates was born to a working class family in the city of Athens

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    Nietzsche Good Vs Evil

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    As stated by Nietzsche‚ the more an individual is active‚ headstrong‚ and lively‚ the less duration of the time is left for contemplating constantly on what is done to them‚ and their responses turned less habitually aggressive. The response of a strong-minded person‚ at the point when it happens‚ is ideally a short action: it is not thoroughly thought through‚ and acts on emotions at that moment. Ressentiment May be a reassignment of the torment that accompanies a feeling of one’s own inferiority/failure

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