objects‚ namely “Forms”‚ which exist outside of the spatiotemporal realm‚ and which mediate our knowledge of the sensory world. These Forms are more real than objects in the sensory realm‚ and they are permanent‚ stable‚ unchanging. To argue for the existence of Forms‚ Plato gives an example of a piece of wood A‚ which is equal to another piece of wood‚ B‚ and which we understand as an instance of equality. However‚ he points out a third piece of wood‚ C‚ which A is unequal to. Therefore‚ even though
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Anselm’s argument of God’s existence and Aquinas objection I was in the debate team in high school. And there were times that our team would take the against side of the statement. In his famous work Prologion‚ written in 1077-1078‚ Anselm presents the idea the God exists because God is the greatest thing of all‚ that the idea of thinking of God exists prove its existence. Hundred of years later‚ Thomas Aquinas brings up the account that addresses Anselm’s idea in objection 2 of Question II‚ First
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Cited: Sartre‚ TOK class Chang‚ Jung‚ and Jon Halliday. The Unknown Story of Mao. New York: Alfred a. Knopf‚ 2005.
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Friedrich Nietzsche had a definite stand on the existence of God. He strongly believed and propagated that God was dead. The “death of God” often came up in several of Nietzsche’s philosophical contributions. It was often the backdrop which he used for describing human tendencies and carving pathways for human nature. “The best passage on God’s death is offered by Nietzsche in The Gay Science in section 125‚ entitled “The Madman”. There Nietzsche describes a man who enters the town market or bazaar
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Animal Protection Decision-Making Based on Aesthetic Value is Undermined by Subjectivity In “Why Do Species Matter?”‚ Lilly-Marlene Russow argues that humans have a moral obligation to protect and to ensure the continued existence of things of aesthetic value which includes some but not necessarily all animals. In this paper‚ I will argue that the subjectivity involved in determining aesthetic value makes it an insufficient element for determining moral obligation to the protection and preservation
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Justifying One’s Existence by Means of Scapegoating Great writers often infuse their writing with various literary devices to enhance the interpretation and the quality of their writing. Ursula K. LeGuin’s allegorical short story‚ “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas‚” is a rich text describes how the use of scapegoats allows a city to function successfully. Thus‚ the use of scapegoats allows people to justify their own existence. By using the literary devices of allegory‚ characterization
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and violence. Schools are supposed to be a safe environment for learning and teaching to "make the world a better place" (Keizer‚ 2001)‚ but with the increase of violence‚ students and faculty are becoming more afraid of attending school. The Existence of Discipline Problems in Schools Schools are responsible for the safety and wellbeing of their students and employees. Schools are places where the students learn from the teachers who teach them. Miller and Chandler (2003) state that the safety
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about this story? Because it isn’t emphasized at all‚ even in the bible. It was a “scam over exclamation” to shut people up about that in the future. And yet somehow this isn’t brought up. 3) If we really did create this building‚ where is that existence on earth. We claim we’ve found Noah’s ark‚ and where Jesus was crucified‚ but we have never found ANYTHING about this building. Think about it now‚ we claim to have found this evidence of Christianity just by what was written years ago-and more
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Jesus Lomeli Professor Eunah Lee Philosophy 1001 March 16‚ 2015 The Problem of Evil and God’s Existence The problem of evil attempts to figure out why evil exists in a world under the premise that there exists a God that is omnipotent‚ omniscient‚ and all good. There are different forms of the problem of evil that philosophers state‚ these being the argument derived from natural evil and moral evil. After reading St. Augustine’s confession‚ I believe that the fact that evil exists does not count
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The paint “Existence” by Paul Nash was created in 1917. “Paul Nash was a British surrealist painter and war artist‚ as well as a photographer‚ writer and designer of applied art. Nash was among the most important landscape artists of the first half of the twentieth century. He played a key role in the development of Modernism in English art” (“Paul Nash (artist)‚” 2016). Most of his artwork are inspired in World War I. The painting “Existence” Has very bright and striking colors like yellow‚ green
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