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    Buddhism and Christianity have similarity and difference of what they have in their beliefs. Their origin‚ identity‚ purpose‚ mortality‚ and destiny are questioned by the people of what is believed can be correct. Both of the religion are based on the Old and the New Testament. Buddhism was started in northern India by Siddhartha Gautama‚ also known as Buddha. The Enlightenment included a sacred text known as the Four Noble Truths. Buddhist believes that people’s desire comes from anger‚ greed‚

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    Matrix 2

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    Philosophy Matrix II: Ancient Quest for Truth Name: Use the matrix to analyze Plato and Aristotle’s theory of knowledge and apply both to current day practices. In the first column‚ using the readings about Plato’s search for truth and his theories of knowledge‚ discuss how contemporary people may be living in a cave and which steps‚ based on Plato’s model of the Divided Line‚ will be necessary for their enlightenment. In the next column‚ based on Aristotle’s science of the first philosophy

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    What is Philosophy? Philosophy often appears to be one long debate regarding what it means to be human‚ what it even means to be. Does an individual become human or is that individual only that individual? How does being differ from to be? The fundamental capacity to understand the world outside the world of the individual and his or her internal world includes the ability to interpret‚ characterize‚ and associate what seems to be singular things or‚ at least‚ singular groups of things. Understanding

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    have their unique differences. In my essay I will explore some of these similarities and differences. Egypt and Nubia were both ruled by monarchy‚ which shows that they had an advanced form of political organization. Archeologist’s findings show that the symbols of Nubian royalty are the same as those of Egyptian Kings. They believed that they were god-Kings and built large pyramids to spend eternity surrounded by there riches to keep them comfortable after death. The difference between the Egyptian

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    Descartes Dualism

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    dualism is a system of beliefs used to explain the nature of our existence and reality. However‚ there are many problems with dualism‚ the most significant being the mind/body interaction issue which was raised by Elizabeth in her correspondence to Descartes. My essay will firstly expound the key principles of Cartesian dualism. Then‚ I will analyse the problems that Elizabeth raises for dualism and critically evaluate its counter arguments. Ultimately‚ I have concluded that Elizabeth presents a strong

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    Plato: "The Good"

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    “The Good” Plato Midterm Paper Plato was one of the most prominent Greek philosophers‚ influencing the very core of philosophy for years to come. His early analysis of society and its values began the quest for answers to questions of existence and awareness. In “The Republic‚” Plato explains the concept of Forms and Ideas while also inquiring on both justice within a person and what exactly makes a person ‘just.’ Plato argued that the human soul innately searched for the Form of Good which could

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    Plato and Thrasymachus

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    Platos Notion of Justice vs. Thrasymachus‚ Why Be Moral? By: Khonstance Milan Plato has a different sense of justice than what we ourselves would consider to be justice. Justice starts in the heart and goes outward. Justice is about being a person of good intent towards all people‚ doing what is believed to be right or moral. Plato believes that once a person has a true understanding of justice that they will want to be “just” for its own benefit regardless of good or bad consequence. Though

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    Plato Education

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    Plato is known as one of the earliest thinkers on education. He believed that the key to a successful society is a strong educational system. The purpose of education according to Plato‚ is to produce good citizens for the benefit of society and to improve the moral quality of each citizen. With proper training focusing on literature‚ music‚ and mathematics a person would become well aware of what is morally acceptable and what has the potential to ruin society. Plato wanted all citizens to use

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    Hobbes Vs Plato

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    What do PlatoDescartes‚ 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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    The colonies from the 1700s and today have many differences and similarities in natural resources. I will compare the differences in natural resources of current day New Jersey‚ New York‚ and Pennsylvania to their colonial counterparts. These states have grown in natural resources since their colonial days. Pennsylvania in the 1700s had a lot of natural resources. Back in colonial times coal and iron were Pennsylvania’s natural resources. Today Pennsylvania has a great mine that produces most of

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