Is there any similarities between Plato’s form of Good and God? St Augustine was a follower to Christianity. He thought that religion should include not just faith but reason. He wrote a lot about religious philosophy about Christianity and used some ideas from Plato. St Augustine used many ideas from Plato about the form of Good‚ and concluded that there were many similarities between the concept of God and Plato’s form of Good. He saw this because St Augustine’s philosophical ideas were based
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Over the course of this five-day period I have gained much more experience than I thought I would. On the first day of this project I thought it would be easy and did not try to hard to complete my fasting feasting statement of fasting on complaining and feasting on appreciation. As I reflected on the day‚ I found that I complained even more than I thought. I didn’t realize it as it was happening but while reflecting‚ I realized how often I do it without noticing. At the end of the day I vowed to
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Rachel’s argument for why morality does not depend on religion because they are theoretically independent‚ since “morality is a matter of reason and conscience and not faith” (Rachels Ch. 4). Divine Command Theory states that if something is morally right when commanded by God; therefore‚ something is morally wrong when forbidden by God. Although‚ this theory gives an objective basis for the morality of God’s commandment as well as motivation for obeying it; there are some problems with the Divine
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When considering God as "a substance is infinite‚ eternal‚ immutable‚ independent‚ extremely intelligent‚ extremely powerful‚ and has created both myself and everything else‚" yogi realize that the idea of God must have reality far more objective reality he had official: God is an infinite while he is only a finite substance. Since the idea of God cannot be sourced from within himself‚ he concludes that God is the cause of this idea and therefore necessarily exists. The meditation counter argument
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The passage above is from the book “Proslogion” it comes from Chapter 2 in particular. Anselm of Canterbury wrote the “Proslogion”‚ he is writing an argument about if God truly exists. At the same time‚ Anselm is explaining how and why God is “something-than-which-nothing-greater-can-be-thought”. Anselm is arguing for one of the most famous versions of the “ontological argument for the existence of God‚” which was an argument based purely on the logic of God’s way of being. In this passage‚ Anselm
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My visual project of transcendentalism is a wreath with pictures and symbols of each principal from the chart. The first principle used is nature. Transcendentalists believed “We should live close to nature‚ for it is our greatest teacher. Nature is emblematic‚ and understanding its language and lessons can bring us closer to god. In fact‚ Nature = God. The words Nature‚ God Universe‚ Over-Soul‚ etc. all mean the same thing. They call it Brahma. Brahma‚ or God‚ is everything‚ but nothing in particular”
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My initial answer to the the definition of So Mote it be was said at the end of a spell/ritual to release energy. I suppose I have not actually tried to find out what the phrase actually means and went strictly on how we always say So Mote it Be at the Prayer and Energy Requests in our school rituals. Now that we have that out of the way‚ why don’t I actually go find out what it means without an assumption! The basic definition of So Mote It Be is‚ So Must It Be‚ And So It Shall Be‚ Amen‚ to be
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Each individual has his/her own personal worldview and learning that person’s worldview reveals what he/she believes. Even if people claim that they do not hold to or believe in any religion‚ they all possess a worldview. Before one discovers what his/her worldview is one must define the word worldview. A worldview is how one interprets or sees the world. There are a variety of subjects that can determine one’s worldview‚ but several are: the personality of God‚ the nature of the universe‚ the nature
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Hume’s version of empiricism begins with his distinction between analytic propositions “relationship of ideas‚” which he considers to be a priori and true by definition‚ and synthetic propositions‚ which he considers to be a posteriori (“matters of fact”)‚ and which are opposite of analytic propositions because they’re derived from our senses. Synthetic propositions can pose a problem since they can be untrue. An example is the sun. We can say that it will rise tomorrow—which is likely to happen
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Sagarika Reddy Philosophy Honors 03/28/16 Dr. Shorter Speciesism and Moral Status In his work Speciesism and Moral Status‚ Peter Singer compares the behaviors of humans with cognitive disabilities to the behaviors of nonhuman animals. He argues that all human beings do not have cognitive abilities that exceed that of all nonhuman animals. In fact‚ many nonhuman animals have cognitive abilities that surpass the cognitive abilities of human beings with severe mental retardation. Through his argument
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