Philosophers Essay Examples and Topics. Page 2

According to him, moral virtue is the only means of ensuring that there is order in the society. His mother thus played the role of the father in bringing up Confucius and it is through [...]

In Foucault's views however the full lighting used in panoptic institutions was a "visibility trap" that is replicated in the larger society in order to enforce discipline.

Coates's focus on the collective experience and the wisdom of common involvement allows for a more collective approach to understanding the world.

Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle are widely considered the fundamental figures of Western philosophy, immensely impacting people's perception and understanding of the world.

He would argue that philosophy is a way out of this cave and the path to understanding oneself and the truth about the universe.

The views on the value of philosophy by Russell, Socrates, and Janet Radcliffe Richards have differences and similarities. Therefore the respective utility of philosophy is determined by human curiosity according to Russell's choices drawing from [...]

Philosopher Francis Bacon is seen as the founder of modern philosophy, and one can see the shift from the pre-modern to the modern world in his ideas.

This essay will examine the delays in Socrates' prosecution, the local, national, and international forces that affected his trial, and the supporting documentation from the dialogues we have studied, the Hughes movie, the studies of [...]

Concepts help us to understand the logic of our conclusions, and intuition helps us to understand the essence of our actions. We need to use both concepts and intuition to make meaningful decisions.

For instance, Protagoras convinced people that truth depends on the ability of an individual to convince others about a given concept regardless of the logic embedded in the reasoning.

It is obvious that the turning is a visual illusion, and the only physical event that actually took place was the person slowly walking around the models with the camera.

The discussion begins with a recognition of man as a self-conscious being as the underlying factor that differentiates him from animals and that the use of the phrase 'I' is a manifestation of that attribute. [...]

Socrates addresses the problem of humans, the question of the essence of man, of his nature. It is important to mention the glory of Socrates.

Plato establishes what education is worth for both the individual and the state in The Republic, emphasizing the crucial function of those who select the materials to educate the state's future guardians.

Rousseau's most popular clarification of the differentiation between the two sorts of confidence shows up in the notes to the Second Discourse.

The provided reading observes the life story of Augustine that helps to create an image of his views on the world and his way of thinking.

In understanding the similarities or differences between Dewey and Montessori's works on education, it is crucial to understand the probable driving factor of each philosopher.

As such, his approach suggested that reality was the world that caused sensations and the truth was the ability to acquire knowledge of the world through mental concepts as a product of empirical sensations.

The philosopher greatly argued for self-awareness and knowing oneself, and in the process of self-knowledge, discovering the true nature of who one is and one's identity, "once we know ourselves, we may learn how to [...]

This French philosopher made a major contribution to the field, and one of the key elements of his work comprised the indubitable truth. To him, this concept was one of the pillars of the complete [...]

In the Republic, Plato gives a detailed analysis of the "good" while Epicurus describes the notion of "good life" in his Letter to Monoeceus. The conversations between Glaucon and Socrates help the reader equate and [...]

From this logical chain, Socrates comes to the contradiction in the charge that he who believes in the children of the Gods cannot believe in the Most Highs themselves.

This paper aims to analyze the life and teachings of Confucius, as well as his significant impact on the history of China and the whole world.

In contrast, Aristotle believed that the purpose of ethics lies beyond the knowledge of what is good or evil, but rather focuses on the application and practice of the theory.

This is some kind of a problem that means that the passion, enthusiasm, and even unpredictability of both Greek tragedies and the art and life of the nineteenth century were and are being repressed.

According to my experience, it is indeed possible to develop a good sense of both taste and beauty, and background and practice play a significant role in this development.

In his severe 1964 work titled "The Artworld," Danto explores the role of art experts and theory. Second, it is the art theory that makes the Artworld possible in the first place.

One of the great disciples of Socrates, in Athens was Plato, he articulates the Athenian jury system and reveals the inadequacy of the arbitration.

The reason why Socrates did not appeal to the Assembly for mercy is that he was sincerely convinced of his life goal to practice philosophy.

Along with Socrates and Aristotle, Plato is one of the members of the Big Three that made a significant impact on the emergence and development of philosophy.

The forms of space and time apply to all objects of possible experience, but only to them, only to phenomena, and things in themselves are hidden to people.

Since Aristotle is trying to discern the goal of human life, he is inclined to think that pleasure is not a chief good.

It can be concluded that difficult life situations have contributed to the development of Epictetus' view of the world and motivated them to share his knowledge with people.

The Chinese people have over the years grown in loyalty to their leaders and respect for the elders in the society.

The exact statement of the accusation is: "Socrates is guilty of corrupting the young and of not believing in the gods in whom the city believes, but in other new divinities".

According to Plato, rhetoric is an art of philosophy that helps in controlling the minds of the crowd or any kind of meeting such as congregation.

And this is no wonder as in his works he addressed the most important eternal topics of genesis and the meaning of life including cosmic determinism, human freedom, morality, intellectual development, and the importance of [...]

This was an indication that the government was the determiner of a man's right to life. He was clear that naturally man had the right to life, property, good health and knowledge.

However, the things that are of the greatest interest for modern philosophers, modern people, and their modern problems are one of the contradictions of a human's life.

Taking into consideration the fact that Plato was actually trying to create the image of the ideal state and show the means which in his understanding are the key issues to building up the society [...]

It is argued that the origin of philosophy as a discipline owes its origin to the contribution of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle."Socrates' contribution to the love of wisdom was manifested by the belief that philosophy [...]

Due to the influences of his uncle, he had a lot of acquaintances in the government that put him in a position of power and status.

When upbringing Nero, Seneca from the point of view of the time solves a problem which was in the centre of attention of the Roman thinkers since Cicero in the new way a problem of [...]

In this treatise, he talks about the office he occupied in a town called Delphi in his old age where he actually became one of the most reliable priests responsible for the interpretations of the [...]

It is possible to sum up that what interested the philosopher most of all were two things: the first one was finding the core of different matters, and the second thing was to learn the [...]

The philosophy developed by Nietzsche is referred to as Nietzscheanism and it politically and intellectually influenced every part of the world during the beginning of the 20th century.

After the Peloponnesian war, he was convinced by his uncle to join the oligarchical rules of Athens but as an alternative, he joined his two brothers in becoming a student of Socrates.

It appears that Socrates believed in an intellectual aristocracy, where those who had more education and had proven themselves in sophistry the "Socratic method" of exchange and analysis of ideas as a path to all [...]

Philosophy is a broad system of thoughts about human being natural history and the natural world of the realism human beings live in.it addresses fundamental and pervasive issues and thereby guide us in the route [...]

He looks at the situation of race relations and the roots of the thinking that preserves this racial discomfort among various members of the American society. The style of writing is also cleverly chosen in [...]

Being a man who believed and supported all that the government of Athens stood for, he was not going to be the one to falter from his beliefs and faith in the state and its [...]

The rapid progress of humanities in that period was close-knit with economic and technological developments across the whole Europe and North America, in particular, the invention of the internal combustion engine, formation of the new [...]

Eventually becoming a noted lecturer and author, his most notable works include 1959's The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry Into The Wealth and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, which he wrote in [...]

It is impossible to treat the world and human beings' activities and way of life on the basis of abstract notions and thoughts, as it was underlined in Hegel's philosophy.

It can be assumed that Nietzsche is praising the moral values provided by religion, whereas knowing the fact that he rejected the religion as an institution, it can be stated that Nietzsche points out to [...]

A lot of skepticism way-lays most of the claims presented in the discipline of knowledge, as well as the means employed to produce the same.

In this novel, the hawk is a symbol of freedom, and the boy, the main character, Will Falke, who is watching the flight of the hawk is watching what this freedom is like and what [...]

Gandhi proposed some principles for the members of the Satyagraha and insisted that these principles must be followed to achieve the desired effect.

Although God can annihilate in the twinkling of an eye, those who do not die will know that God is the creator of the world who has brought it into existence from nonexistence because, since [...]

Propositions of relations of ideas are related only to the matter of thinking and logical observation, whereas the propositions of relations of facts are based on the relations of cause and effect, which can be [...]

In many ways, the extreme rationalism of Descartes, its traditional alternative and empiricist aspects and the debate between them, constitute the part of the Enlightenment which had the greatest influence in the nineteenth century.

An understanding of the essence of art is inseparable from the understanding the world of human nature and views on society.

This is evidenced within the text of the Apology as Socrates begins his defense of himself against the old enemies that have spoken falsely "telling of one Socrates, a wise man, who speculated about the [...]

Accomplishing the first claim of the assignment, it is necessary to emphasize, that Socrates as a historical person is viewed as the philosopher and sage who always lived in poverty, and Socrates is often regarded [...]

The interpretation of good and bad is dependent upon the context in which it is perceived. The philosophers Bentham and Mill associated the concept of utilitarianism with the study of ethics.

For several times in the course of life I became convinced in the fact that the more a person knows the more he or she needs to know.

He lived during the reign of King Hui of Liang and the time of King Xuan of ai. He was from the town of Meng which was situated in the state of song.

One of the main criticisms of David Hume's gnoseological model has been traditionally reflective of the assumption that being strongly reductionist denies the possibility for people to be able to attain a complete understanding of [...]

Berkeley found evident flaws in Locke's "copy theory" and shaped his views into a cohesive philosophy that could hardly be criticized by the thinkers of his time.

As for one to be accorded the status of a professional he has to practice the skills required in that profession.

Inconsistencies in responses lead to a determination of truth of earlier statements; in short a question is broken down to a series of smaller questions in order to ultimately arrive at a more refined for [...]

Kant's notion on the possibility of knowledge of an objective realm reducing to the possibility of a priori synthetic judgment is explained by his interest in necessary truth, the theory of a priori, and necessity.

According to Plato, the functioning of every human being is closely linked to the entire society. Therefore, the major difference here is that for Plato, the function of every individual is to improve the entire [...]

Rene Descartes is arguably the father of modern philosophy; he is the one philosopher who is heralded for the introduction of algebra and the connection that lay between algebra and the scholarly subject of geometry.

The latter is the most famous saying of Heraclitus that refers to the idea of change as the fundamental essence of the world.

This is of particular concern to the interpretation of Socrates's political and philosophical visions. In particular, the source introduces a multifaceted analysis of Socrates' personality and his philosophical outlook on life.

To Plato, democracy was the worst form of governance because it was the tyranny of the multitude. Furthermore, the effects of the war were hard to take because people lost everything they had.

It is possible to say that the author manages to surprise a reader with the help of this shift and arouse interest for his further words.

He could have attained the name because of the nature of his forehead or because of his extensive knowledge. Due to the wealth and political influence of his family, his father gave him the best [...]

Being the most praised Socrates pupil, he devoted a lot of his works to Socrates figure, trying to investigate his point of view and present it to the audience.

Tian is one of the most important concepts in his teachings, and it symbolizes heaven. This story is about a disciple of Confucius asking Daoists for help that was later reported to the teacher.

In the Garden of Eden, the Adam and Eve had the freedom to eat of any tree except the tree in the center of the garden.

Rene Descartes is one of the most influential philosophers of the last few centuries, especially in relation to the study of origin and existence of mankind.

As he tried to enlighten the people, Athenians leaders observed that Socrates was spoiling the minds of the youths, and thus guilty of using his philosophies inappropriately.

Khun introduced the concept of "paradigm shift" in mainstream science by suggesting that scientific models undergo paradigm shifts and therefore, the notion that scientific models develop in a linear manner is untrue. After weighing the [...]

John Locke, who was also widely regarded as the inventor of classical liberalism, was thought of as one of the most known intellectuals of enlightenment.

This is the purification that comes from the separation of the soul and body. The hindrance to the realization of the true virtue is corrupted by the body and its elements.

He adds on to say that Kuhn's analysis of the scientific revolution does not provide a reality of understanding the world in the context of science.

The data used serve as evidence and are based on to confirm hypothesis. Both data and observations are based on to confirm hypothesis thus theories must meet the consistency condition as well as the other [...]

The thesis statement of the discussion is that Confucianism is useful in cultivating and instilling good morals in individuals and in so doing contributes to harmonious co-existence of people in society.

Wilber points out that each holon in his diagram is a constituent of the previous one, and each quadrant its own beginning.

Ideas of Deity Paine's idea of deity is that the first cause a man can attribute to God is the cause of all things.

The Russell's solution to this is as follows: inconsistencies within the amolecular' descriptions, to which we resort, while trying to ensure the spatial integrity of our perceptions of the universe, can be eliminated by the [...]

According to Hume, philosophers should use a similar example such as that of the workman to derive qualities of the Supreme Being. Hume disagrees with justice that is ascribed to the action of the gods.

One of the most influential philosophers of all times and the major figures in the history of the Chinese philosophy, Laozi has paved the way for the Chinese people to the Enlightenment, offering his own [...]

In the given question, Mill draws the line between the moral principles and the human mind. Hence, Mill questions the link between the moral and the ethical.

In modern times, people also think that this scholar's teachings are relevant because he found a way of relating the level of one's spirituality with one's psychological state.

In this defense Feldman uses another source of intrinsic value that shows that the deceived businessman lives a life of less value and this other source of intrinsic value is truth.

To the best of my knowledge, the most powerful argument made by Mill for Utilitarianism runs as follows: Happiness is the presence of pleasure and the absence of pain.

The discussion of the myth presented in Aristophanes' speech is compatible with Socrates' visions of the issue of love because both philosophers consider love as a desire of something or a lack of an important [...]

However, the university did not award her the degree because it was against the academic policy of the institution to award a degree to a woman.

Precisely, its ideas on freedom of speech and expression, fair treatment and equality before the law and its humanistic aspects have laid a basis for the propagation and protection of human rights in the world [...]

The writer illustrates that the Japanese views asserted that Confucianism was a social system which influenced morality in the society. The Confucianism view on education was that it was an essential aspect of human life [...]

During the course of this conversation, Socrates was able to prove to Protagoras that the notion of one's moral obligation to a civil law is indeed fully objective.

However, what Hitchens misses from Das Kapital is Marx's vital clarification of the social role of money and capital."The value of commodities more and more expands into an embodiment of human labour in the abstract...one [...]

Many of the writings of the Young Hegelians focused on the refutation of religion and need to replace religion with philosophy as the moral criterion for the society and means for understanding history.

Starting from the unjust slaying of Abel and the persecution of Jesus, the Bible illustrates the blamelessness of the victim. Girard perceives aggression to be a section of the challenges of aggression and not as [...]

In their dialogue, they asserted that love desires and is always in want of beautiful and praiseworthy things; for it triumphs in happiness and wanes in sadness.

Gandhi did not believe that an action is right if it promotes greatest good for the greatest number of people; far from it, he believed in moral actions that lead to the greatest good for [...]

Nonetheless, the duties and the very morality developed in one society can significantly differ from the norms accepted in another society, so it is impossible to state that ethical norms of a society correspond to [...]

But to that particular end, it does not mean that it would not be important for him that the rest is false.

In order to understand Hume's critique of the belief in miracles, it is crucial to begin by defining what a miracle means.

The principle of inferring the existence and nature of God from the cosmic design is uncertain because the design of the universe is beyond human experience, and is useless because no one can revert and [...]

The article situates the reasoning of Hegel in two articles, one being the Second Sex by Simone and the other is the modern woman as a subject by Fanon.

According to the Treatise of Human Nature, Hume asserts that each belief that is subject to justification should be either a matter of fact or relation of ideas.

Their views are mostly similar, agreeing on the concept that morality is a necessary part of human life and it should be guiding the actions and thoughts of every person. Immanuel Kant's theory is that [...]

Nevertheless, as of today, this effectively ceased to be the case, because: a) the realities of a post-industrial living render the classical concept of a statehood/law hopelessly outdated; b) the recent discoveries in the fields [...]

Far from that, Hegel's thought on social mediation of freedom consists of the parochial universality of the family, the ethical criticism, the dissolution of the family competitive, and self-seeking formal individualism that is manifest in [...]

If stretched to its logical maximum, the given idea leads to the suggestion that the entire world is merely a figment of someone's imagination.

According to Epicurus, a debauched kind of pleasure is not the type of pleasure he was talking about since this type of pleasure only ends in the moment of enjoyment.