Belief in God exists in every culture and has throughout history (www.iep.utm.edu/relig-ep/). If we can conceive one of the greatest possible beings‚ then it must exist. Pragmatic arguments have often been active in the support of theistic belief. Theistic pragmatic arguments are not arguments for the suggestion that God exists; they are arguments that believing God exists is rational. Pragmatic arguments are relevant to belief-formation‚ since teaching a belief is an action. Pragmatic arguments
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that will be discussed in this essay are the Mystical Conception
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Plato vs. Aristotle Theatre is said to be a performing art that is always changing and whose every performance is unique (Downs 472). While there is a set definition of theatre‚ there hasn’t been a set reason as to why we do theatre‚ and many people such as Aristotle and Plato have come to a disagreement as to what that very nature is. However as a Christian I would have to say that I disagree with the philosophy of Plato and do believe that theatre helps open the mind of the viewers to see the
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What do Plato‚ Descartes‚ and Hobbes contribute to the question "how do we know what is true‚ and what is false?" In the allegory of the cave‚ Plato views the sunlight as the truth‚ and the shadows in the cave as being false‚ and his contribution to the question "how can we tell what is true‚ and what is false" is that we have no way of knowing what is true‚ and what is false‚ until we have experienced them both‚ and can compare the two. I think that Plato is trying to say that society
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philosophers it’s a tossup between being born with it while others think that knowledge is gained as one grows up. In simple terms‚ is knowledge nature or nurture? Are you already born to be joining IMSA or are you brought up with a great education? Plato believes that knowledge is innate‚ meaning that it’s already in you from the beginning‚ also known as a priori knowledge. But other philosophers claim that knowledge is gained through experience. While Plato’s theory does make some sense‚ I believe
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Alexander Tsiaras did an amazing video “From Conception to Birth” illustrating how an embryo develops into a child. Having gone through the process twice myself‚ reading through the prenatal chapter in “Child and Adolescent Development”‚ and then seeing it played out on screen was a unique perspective. The visualization of the fetus at 25 days with a heart chamber‚ 32 days with arms and hands developing‚ 36 days with the beginning of the vertebrae and 52 days with retina‚ nose and fingers‚ was
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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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CollegeMay 29‚ 2011 | | Abstract This paper will describe the learning experience of my interviewees while translating what The Myth of the Cave by Plato means to them. Further‚ it will discuss the similarities and differences between the responses received from my interviewees based on my discussion of The Myth of the Cave by Plato as read in Twenty Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy. For this paper‚ I interviewed a group of my peers at work. My company Bombardier makes trains
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In addition‚ these changes can be further distinguished in Descartes belief that he can develop assertions of existence from his conception of ‘I think.’ For Descartes‚ res cogitans is established to be a finite substance. However‚ he concludes that an infinite substance‚ God‚ could not have originated in himself and therefore must be the cause of this idea‚ which results in God necessarily existing - ‘the idea that enables me to understand a supreme deity‚ eternal‚ infinite‚ omniscient‚ omnipotent
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these two great men differ immensely and the foundation for these differences can be found in their distinctive views regarding human nature. Once this is assessed the picture that each man paints of their ideal ruler or founder becomes much clearer. Plato promotes the concept of philosopher-kings who rule over his imagined Utopian society‚ while Machiavelli endorses a ruthless and at times amoral prince whose primary objective is the preservation of the state. Plato’s view of human nature can
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