Philosophy
Defining philosophy is itself a philosophical problem. Perhaps a great many philosophers would agree that whatever else philosophy is, it is the critical, normally systematic study of an un...
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In the following essay, Irwin describes the content of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, noting that the work analyzes traditional Greek ideals regarding the good life, the virtues necessary to b...
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In the following essay, Tessitore examines Book X of Ethics, arguing that in this final book of the treatise, Aristotle offers a concluding statement with regard to happiness. Tessitore notes that Ari...
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Peanut butter and a god
I am a rationalistic materialist refuting dualism, believing that it may be possible speaking in terms of metaphysics that nothing is real, and epistemologically what we can k...
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The following quote is from the Republic, written by the Greek philosopher Plato: "There will be no end to the troubles of states, or ...of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this worl...
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The difference between man and animal has been somewhat of a debatable issue over the times. There are valid arguments for both sides, but for this writer, one side is clearly taken - not just becau...
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Philosophy is defined by Webster as "Love and pursuit of wisdom by intellectual means and moral self-discipline" or "Investigation of the nature, causes, or principles of reality, knowledge, or value...
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You have a person. An event occurs. The event enters into the sensory perceptions the person. The person's experience, logic, and beliefs (in other words the brain) will interpret this in a fashion pa...
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Philosophy
Philosophy
