O.C #2-Machiavelli Though often presented as two ideological opposites‚ personally I find there to be a lot more similarities between Plato and Machiavelli than usually acknowledged. Obviously there are some sharp contrasts. If one examines the excerpts from Machiavelli’s “The Prince” and Plato’s “The Republic”‚ it’s easy to conclude that Plato believed it to be essential for a government leader to be just‚ good‚ and free from corruption. Whereas Machiavelli’s ideal ruler is less concerned
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and have had debates. Two of the most significant ones are Plato and Aristotle‚ who are two leading figures of ancient Greek civilization and both thought about justice and established theories about the aspects of being just. Plato was a student of Socrates‚ and Aristotle was a student of Plato. Aristotle studied under Plato and remained in his academy for 20 years in Athens but left the academy after Plato’s death. Aristotle and Plato had different philosophies about many subjects like justice
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Antonio Burkes Philosophy 1 June 4‚ 2001 Comparison of Plato and Aristotle’s Philosophies Plato and Aristotle are both great philosophers in their own regard. Both agree that the world has a purpose‚ and that it’s not just an accident. Both also hate materialists since in their (materialists’) interpretation of the world‚ value‚ choice‚ and freedom are not plausible outcomes‚ and so morality and rationality do not make sense. And both ask the same question‚ what does it take to be a good
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object‚ but that does not necessarily mean it will always happen. Therefore‚ Hume‚ who starts out as an empiricist‚ has arrived at the conclusion where an individual may not have knowledge at all‚ of skeptic doubt. This is explored through the three epistemology questions‚ the process he did take‚ and what the reader thinks on the matter. According to Hume‚ with his process of thought with empiricism‚ thinks knowledge is possible. He believed that all information about the world comes through
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in philosophy. Kim’s philosophical works mostly focuses on metaphysics‚ the action theory‚ philosophy of mind‚ philosophy of science‚ and epistemology. In the early 1920’s Kim defended the identity theory‚ then later converted to a non-reductive version of physicalism. He believes that physicalism is the most comprehensive world view. Kim has even rejected physicalism that is strict because it is not sufficient
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Rachel Kunker Philosophy Epistemology October 7‚ 2011 Is it true to say that there is no truth? The very concept itself is contradictory‚ but is still a topic worth exploring. If a person were to simply go about their life believing everything they ever heard or experienced to be true‚ they could be deceived without their own knowledge. Say they overheard someone talking about Sam Houston when they stated‚ “... and then Sam Houston claimed her land.” Rightfully‚ without any other knowledge
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Aaron Feizet Metaphysics Paper 2 Why Mereological Universalism and Nihilism Are Not Mutually Exclusive In Function 1. Introduction In the following paper‚ I ’ll attempt to argue that the Mereological Universalism championed by James Van Cleve‚ and metaphysical nihilism‚ are more or less reconcilable. What’s more‚ I’ll argue that the functional understanding of the world occupied by universalists is more or less identical to that which is necessarily employed by all nihilists (or at least all
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Immanuel Kant was a Prussian philosopher who was mostly known for his metaphysics. He referred to metaphysics as the studying of being or what exists. Conversely‚ epistemology was defined by Kant as the study of knowledge; knowledge dealt with limits or what can be known or unknown. Metaphysics makes claims but we need epistemology to solidify these claims. In terms of epistemology‚ Kant separates us into to categories: empiricists and rationalists. An empiricist obtains all information through sense
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Descartes uses epistemology and metaphysics to frame his famous "cogito" argument. But in order to understand how that works‚ first‚ we must discuss the differences between an epistemological and a metaphysical question. Epistemology is a facet of philosophy interested in knowledge. And an epistemological question is a question concerned with something relating to knowledge‚ apprehension of knowledge‚ knowledge-world correspondence‚ or the origins of knowledge. What is knowledge? Is knowledge
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Plato- “According to Plato‚ man is a dual creature. We have a body that ‘flows’‚ is inseparably bound to the world of senses‚ and is subject to the same fate as everything else in this world– a soap bubble‚ for example. All our sense are based in the body and are consequently unreliable. But we also have an immortal soul– and this soul is the realm of reason and not being physical‚ this soul can survey the world of ideas...Plato also believed the soul existed before it inhabited the body” (Gaarder
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