The significant distinction between these two philosophers is that, although Socrates seldom spoke about the soul of the human being, Plato emphasized the soul of the human being more than the body. The philosopher contends [...]
It is the choice that determines the further formation of a person, and not chance or fate, and people themselves are able to change their future despite the predestination.
Regardless of cultural trends, the views and positions of representatives of different eras can have similar features, which manifests itself both in everyday affairs and in the context of attitudes toward high matters.
The Allegory of the Cave" is a fascinating story that provokes many thoughts about the nature of reality, truth, and perception.
According to Nietzsche, the highest kind of human excellence is the ability to be oneself and to make one's own choices, as well as being self-content.
In order to understand the relationship of justice and moderation both in a person and a polis, it is vital to assess Plato's understanding of the soul.
The foundation of the valid argument is represented by logic conditioning, which ensures the connectivity of the premises and conclusion. Nevertheless, it is possible to begin with the conclusion to test the premises and draw [...]
Simultaneously, the philosopher believed that understanding this fact motivates people to refer their choices and avoidances to bodily health and an unbothered soul, which, in turn, is the goal of a blessed life.
However, the matter of justice must be perceived as an amalgamation of the two points. The only similarity of the lenses is their emphasis on the role of the government.
Thus, in Kantian theory, lying is unacceptable because it contradicts the concept of good bestowed upon men by God, violates the principle of treating others as one wants himself or herself to be treated, and, [...]
The concept of a good death changes over time, and what was considered a good and glorifying death in ancient times may be terrifying today.
In conclusion, the Earth exists to actualize the potential of all creatures and vegetation on its surface by being a habitual paradise.
Among them is the existence of objective truth, which is independent of people's opinions; the presence of constant deceptions that make a person stay away from this truth; and the need for qualitative changes to [...]
Thoreau says that he is a monarch of the survey, and it is his right to explore nature that no one can dispute.
The concept of the existence of God is based on beliefs and less questioning of the existence of God. The argument on the power to sustain life is proof that God exists, and that should [...]
Both the enlightenment and the supernatural belief dare the humanity to try and understand the world around it, use the minds of people to gain knowledge of the unknown.
One of them is the proof or refutation of whether a person is a simulation, matrix, or hologram, as well as the search for confirmation that a person is alive, unique, and vita.
However, if the person were to be aware of the irrationality of their actions, they might avoid such acts in the future.
According to this approach, the justice system should work to defeat the imperfection of human behavior. Delinquency can be defeated only when the society's system is reorganized according to the principles of equality, consciousness, and [...]
According to Velasquez, his renown was described as the 'rumor of a hidden king.' Nonetheless, upon the retirement of Husserl as a professor of Philosophy, the University of Freiburg offered Heidegger the position, and he [...]
Thus, this opinion becomes the basis of the entire paper, on the basis of which the main narrative of the proof and consideration of different approaches to the absurdity of the two philosophers is built.
God's intervention in history means for most biblical authors that the will of God ultimately determines the course of events, and human freedom is manifested in the fact that he either accepts this will of [...]
Moreover, the philosopher believed that society's progress and scientific achievements contributed to the lowering of the role of Christianity and religion was a burden for society.
The non-realization of the predictions promoted the apocalyptic methods in contrast to the non-achievement of the arrival of the Messianic kingdom.
In its contemporary version, dualism is discussed in terms of mind and body or brain the essence of the soul is that it is a thinking substance the mind and the body is a complex [...]
It should be noted that this text is a critical scholarly dissection that plays a vital role in opening the readers' minds in different ways according to the views of the world and their important [...]
I will discuss concepts like performers' and listeners' interpretations of music, music definition, music preceding humanity, music as a language, and their interplay.
According to Kant, thinking of leaders as guardians who have to guide others and prevent them from "daring to take a single step" without strict directions is the premise for the end of humanity.
In the article Famine, Affluence, and Morality, Peter Singer does not agree with the premise that the state should take full responsibility for implementing charity and remove it from the members of society.
Arguments may appear due to a lack of knowledge related to this type of skepticism, and people might start thinking that the concept does not bring changes to their lives and thinking.
Utilitarians believe that some people are morally equal to animals because they have lost the value of any free action and agree to live by the laws of society.
In other words, the writer is trying to help the reader navigate that the human good can be achieved under everything as long as the subject is affiliated with the person behind it.
He speaks of the complete difference between the mind and body, which implies that the body is divisible and the mind is not because the activity of the latter cannot be explained by mechanical principles.
Thus, it was shown that logic is not just a specific doctrine of specific things or terms, but the science of the laws of syllogisms, such as modus ponens or modus tollens, expressed in variables. [...]
In this discussion, the objective is to describe the two outstanding concepts that make up the title of the speech: Existentialism and Humanism.
Thus, Machiavelli raised the question of the historical and political process laws and the need for both objective conditions and the role of the human factor, participants in political activity.
Questions related to the prospect of a constant increase in comfort and the liberation of a person are raised within the philosophy of transhumanism.
In 1953, Gottlob Frege posted a strong argument that the language of mathematics tends to refer to and quantify the mathematical objects and the corresponding theories are true. Frege argues that mathematical language is quantifiable, [...]
The core notion is centered around the idea of metaphysics being the process of investigative philosophy interested in structure, organization, constitution, and nature of reality. In the case of Plato, the only constant is stated [...]
This factor, along with others, determines the importance of Plato's essential work in the context of knowledge of the world - his theory of Ideas or Forms.
Death is a way to escape suffering and people who compromised principles and caused harm to others do not deserve an easy release from the pangs of conscience.
Descartes recognized that the machine of the body and the consciousness is occupied with its own thoughts, ideas, and "desires," and they are independent entities or substances.
Although the nature of knowledge and beliefs is still confusing for many people, most of them think that they know something if they have evidence that is strong enough.
Humanities help to resolve conflicts using the legal, moral, social, historical, or psychological approach since such disciplines as history, philology, linguistics, psychology, and the whole complex of the humanities are the self-knowledge of mankind.
The sense of opposing the reality and the perceived in the Cave myth is epistemological and is tied to the replacement of reliance on sensory cognition with mental comprehension. The reality of the Cave is [...]
This situation shows that the concept of democracy and the freedom that correlates with it refers to a flawed narrative that liberty is the same as equality.
The idea has been traced back to ancient philosophy and history which spurred the differentiation between the values that are subjective by nature and the attribution of value to the desire of an individual.
The major disadvantage of religion in terms of perception is that religion could alter people's beliefs to the extent of violence.
When comparing the two perspectives of liberty and ideal society, it is necessary to note that both philosophers find the liberty to be an intrinsic feature of a human being.
What I have learned from the blue zone lifestyle is to keep family close because this improves the quality of life.
In epistemology, what really counts is the understanding of knowledge about a particular topic of interest. Apparently, skepticism under epistemology is concerned with clearing any doubts that may exist about the existence of knowledge.
On the other hand, according to Niebuhr, non-violence allows one to protect oneself from feelings of resentment and resentment, thereby reducing the overall level of violence in the context of moral opposition.
In this regard, it is important to separate human perceptions from reality, hence at all times endeavor to ascertain the reality of things and occurrences.
All of the previous premises lead to concluding that disagreements over value judgments can be resolved sometimes. Objectivism says that disagreements can be resolved, but under the mentioned circumstances this will be rare to happen.
It is not simply by a pure accident that the 20th century is now being strongly associated with the initial rise of existentialism, as an entirely new branch of Western philosophic thought, which is concerned [...]
According to Kohlberg, justice is the driver of the process of moral development. Therefore, the early Christians should have continued to practice Christianity regardless of the persecution.
In conclusion, it is important to note that the three branches of philosophy focus on such important issues as justice, free will and authority.
Principal Issues Metaphysics: Issues and types of freedom, types of determinism, nature of reality, nature of humanity As a set of theories and concepts that allows for the study of the concept of reality, as [...]
It can provide us with a tool to analyze the problems in 360 degrees and predict possible consequences: from the beginning of recognizing the issues till the end of generalizing the decisions and values, the [...]
This paper is about choosing between five possible paper topics and the underlying factors which make this decision free from the point of view of theories of free will and abound choice that is predetermined [...]
The calculation of such umber is made according to with to the occupancy of the room, the height of the story above and below the ground, and the travel distance.
Therefore, the meaning of "utopia" did not change to a tangible extent, as the modern meaning aligns with the one that More assigned to it.
As a result, as Rousseau argues, people have material priorities, and the issue of private property raises sharply, which is the reason for the emergence of the state.
The Philosophy of the Unconscious is the most important encyclopedic work of Eduard von Hartmann, in which the phenomenon of the unconscious is subjected to careful analysis not only from a biological and psychological, but [...]
In addition, he argues identity relates to the mind because it is a result of it and not the body or the soul.
Overall, the evaluation of the two visions of the problem of the external world, the one by Descartes, and the one by Moore, suggests a conclusion that Moore's concept does not provide satisfactory replies whereas [...]
The purpose of this paper is to explain how it is possible to identify and discuss the typology of the moral residue with references to individual cases and stories of sickness, using the concepts and [...]
The issues addressed by this project are related to the nature, structure, degree of integrity, dependence on cultural conditions, values, as well as opportunities and ways of developing the character in the most successful way.
This is manifested in their teachings where Aristotle speaks of virtue as finding a balance between two extremes while Socrates says that virtue is the desire for one to do well in one's life.
In my evaluation of the quote "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance," I would say that it expresses very profound and useful things to be aware of.
Mental illness is considered to be a genuine medical phenomenon and its causes are explained from the medical point of view.
The security system of a computer is based on preset access information which a person must use in order to access the data.
The ancient Greeks wanted to discover what it takes to be virtuous, what one has to do in order to be full of character and nobility, and what it takes to live the good life.
He therefore was trying to say that good is the pivot of everything else in life. Plato's suggestion of the becoming and being model has partitioned life into two.
Given that Socrates knows that Euthyphro is a good lawyer, he asks him to explain to him so that he can know the whole truth about what is pious.
The ship begins a voyage around the world and in the course of this voyage some of the parts of the ship inevitably break. The entire framework of the ship that left the port has [...]
According to Kreiss, through the Allergy of the cave, the allergy is presented as the sense in which we reveal our world, yet it is actually not exactly that, rather, an intellectual approach can comprehensively [...]
Analyzing the definitions of "whistleblowing" and "critical thinking", it is possible to make a conclusion that these concepts have similar meanings.
In the genealogy of morality, I find Nietzsche's account of the development of guilt an attempt to overthrow the moral norms that govern society.
The first main branch within the field of philosophy is the concept of human nature which is the pursuit to improve the interdisciplinary exploration of the social, environmental and biological factors and variations of the [...]
Though there are conditions when anger is beneficial and useful, such as the feeling of anger that inspires the soldiers to fight abandoning hesitation and fear, Aristotle believes that the emotion of anger is constantly [...]
Being one of the enlightened persons of his time, Descartes related one of his arguments to the triangle. Actually, this argument contradicts the argument of Descartes that the self is distinct from one's body and [...]
The question is that life is realized by people through the principle of cut and try. It is better to say here that it is a warning for those contradicting nature and physical reality of [...]
One of the most compelling arguments for skepticism about the external world concerns the existence of material objects; this argument can be considered with regards to qualitative illusion, the reality of these objects, and the [...]
At the same time, analytic truth is viewed by Wittgenstein as an explanation of the truthfulness of the logical one. At the same time, the necessary truth is compared and affiliated with the logical one [...]
The philosophical position of one of the greatest luminary of all times corresponds to the significance of the city. The Island of Dr.
A man is the one of the most intelligent creatures on the Earth and this is why he is usually interested in a number of questions, a lot of them are philosophical, such as the [...]
The truth of love is to follow the way of love like philosophical way and see the soul behind the body, everlasting beauty of virtue, and idea behind the beauty of transient love.
The debate called Is infinitism is the solution of the problem, Ginet presents the ideas that justified beliefs are not based on plausible examples and therefore they infer.
For instance, when it comes to cognition one can say that trees are the important components that make a forest while in philosophy one will say that the soil is the vital component that makes [...]
In that regard, a definition that covers all the concepts of critical thinking might be considered as follows: Critical thinking is the use of those cognitive skills or strategies that increase the probability of a [...]
The philosophy of Plato on the components of the soul and their role towards the development of character is also accepted by Aristotle.
If a person is certain of one thing more than of another, so the first thing he is certain of is considered to be absolute for him.
In reading about all the various theories of physicalism, also often called materialism, it presents a confusing array of philosophical stances, which all have one thing in common: the separation of the physical from the [...]
Sometimes it seems that if everything in this life was equal it would be easier to perform our main function in this world to live happily.
Being among the first to question the dominant Aristotelian schools of thought that had so dominated academic thought throughout the ages and approaching the subject from the mathematical field rather than the traditional philosophical stance, [...]
Biblically, this concept appears to be true in that man was formed with a soul, that is, the mind, and a body, even though philosophy teaches or tends to show the differences between the mind [...]
The error - discrepancy between two groups of the objects, one of which is the standard, a right answer of a problem, the decision which would lead to the desirable result, and the second - [...]
The point of the paper is not to disprove the argument against descriptivism entirely, but to point out the insufficiency of the existing arguments.
When faced with the option of an apple of a muffin, a good person would choose the apple, because the part of the soul that desired the muffin would be controlled by self-control, the part [...]
He is examining the notion of autonomy and what truly constitutes an autonomous act and arrives at the understanding that what is important in the question of free will is the rationale behind the choice [...]
This paper explains some of the problems that have arisen because of for instance unsettled mind and how it leads to physical illness, and how physical stress has also contributed to having problems of the [...]
The conflict between Creon and Antigone can serve as the platform for the discussion of the relationship between divine and secular laws.
The importance of the given phenomenon can be evidenced by the fact that there have always been multiple attempts to determine beauty and introduce a sample that could be followed.
The main message of this text is represented by the Unlimited that is said to be the main element of the things that exist.
Remus and Romulus were twins, the children of Rhea and Mars. Romans argue that their republic developed based on a mythical story of the Romulus and Remus.
Perhaps, because of the complicacy of the ratio of the long and the shorter, it could be demonstrated with the line best.
The principles of the highest good were designed to help people in achieving success in self-development as the right being and reaching the main goal of life to become closer to the highest good, which [...]
In particular, Muharjee notes that many local communities reacted to the development of globalization by perceiving it as a threat to their authenticity and individuality; in other words, the author pointed out that globalization can [...]
However, even though the recognition of a researcher and an object of their inquiry as interdependent entities has helped to advance human understanding of a wide-range of social and natural phenomena, it is necessary to [...]
We should say that Platos Allegory of the Cave could be used to prove the importance of an examined life and the role a person living according to this principle might play in the community.
In order to develop a sufficient understanding of what this proposition means, it is necessary to recognize the specifics of the philosopher's approach to philosophy and how it relates to practical life.
The prisoners in the cave for example, refused to hear anything about the reality outside the cave, and got angry with the prisoner that had seen the reality.
The philosopher defines God and the creator's responsibilities in the text of the Republic: The creator is real and the opposite of evil.
One of the most notable cases is a contradiction between David Hume and Descartes who shared different views based on what they did perceive of the body and the mind of an individual.
The strong conviction in own rightness thus deprives of the opportunity to comprehend the vastness and beauty of life and to wonder.
As a result, it was regarded as a problem that arose from the pernicious view of a bhikkhu named Sati, addressed as the son of a fisherman, over the Dharma taught by the Blessed One [...]
Euthyphro's second proposed definition of piety is that "what is dear to the gods is pious", and he is sure that this definition is appropriate.
Based on the theories set-up by Freud and Erikson, it is evident that they gave an imminent approach to other psychoanalysts.
This is done so that in the end there is a way that the individual can be able to conquer or attain the trust of the other party.