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Socrates' Final Days Socrates' Final Days
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This 3.5 page paper will discuss the accusations that the accusers, the city, and the Court of Justice made against Socrates in his final days and the reasons for his eventual conviction and execution. To accomplish this we will draw examples from Plato's writings. Over the next three pages we will briefly examine the following four dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedro, and subsequently explore the denunciations against Socrates and the various and complex motivations behind them.
 



Philosophies of Desmond TuTu and Mahatma Gandhi Philosophies of Desmond TuTu and Mahatma Gandhi
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This five page paper is done in MLA format and explores the philosophies of Desmond TuTu and Mahatma Gandhi. It will examine the ways in which the writer agrees and disagrees with the philosophies of Gandhi and TuTu. It will also discuss the question “What am I to do with my life so that I can speak and act responsibly in this interdependent world?” The writer will also explain how their actions will contribute to the betterment of our world.
 



Establishment of Democracy Establishment of Democracy
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This is a 5+ page paper discussing the establishment of democracy in non-democratic countries, with references to Aristotle's Politics. NOTE: This paper is written in the voice of a very academic, philosophically minded student; one who might be trying to pay homage to Aristotle by trying to imitate his writing style.
 



Plato, Aristotle and Knowledge Plato, Aristotle and Knowledge
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This is a five page paper on philosophy. It has one reference and is in MLA format. The paper compares Plato and Aristotle in regards to their philosophies on knowledge. The paper provides an overview of the philosophies of each. It then compares the philosophies by considering the differences in their views on the source of knowledge, the means and methods of acquiring knowledge, the certitude of knowledge, and the uses of knowledge.
 



Akan Morality Akan Morality
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This is a 7-page philosophy on Akan morality as a humanistic belief system, exploring other beliefs and defending the authors position. It uses 7 sources.
 



Questions About Morality Questions About Morality
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This four-page paper is written in MLA format on a college sophomore level. It contains two sources, and is a philosophical discussion relating to three questions: (1) is morality relative, (2) can rules define morality, and (3) can ethics help in moral dilemmas. The answers to these questions come from the research sources and the opinions of the writer.
 



Meaning of Life Meaning of Life
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This is a six page paper tackling two eternal philosophical topics: the meaning of life, and the role that art plays in the lives of human beings. The author concludes that the two topics are interrelated, and theorizes that life has no true meaning beyond our ability to create: first biologically, as we propagate our genes through reproduction, and secondly by giving birth to those “non-biological offspring” collectively referred to as culture. Art is the most prominent of these offspring, and deeply affects (and is affected by) all the others. As an ineffable requirement of the human psyche it functions as a basic human need, like eating and breathing. The paper is written in the MLA style, and includes six references.
 



Philosophy of Socrates Philosophy of Socrates
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This 3-page paper considers the philosophy of Socrates, and argues that his approach, and his Socratic method, is the most appealing. Socrates’ idea of the universality of knowledge is particularly appealing and empowering.
 



Philosophy Questions Philosophy Questions
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This is a two page paper written in MLA format that describes two philosophical questions. One question deals with morality and ethics, while the other question deals with the existence of the state.
 



David Hume's Philosophy David Hume's Philosophy
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This is a 4 page paper on Hume’s Philosophy. It has 4 sources and is in MLA format. The paper discusses the philosophy of David Hume and his arguments on ideas and impressions.
 



Why It is Better to Be a Dissatisfied Socrates Than a Satisfied Pig Why It is Better to Be a Dissatisfied Socrates Than a Satisfied Pig
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This is a 6-page philosophy paper with three sources in MLA format. It discusses John Stuart Mill's rhetorical question of why it is better to be a dissatisfied Socrates than a satisfied pig.
 



How Do We Know What We Know How Do We Know What We Know
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This is a 4-page paper on philosophy. It has one source and is in MLA format. The paper focuses on the contributions of philosopher Immanuel Kant and what his theories were based on. Its main thesis proposes that we know what we know today because of philosophers like Kant.
 



The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living
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This two-page paper is written in MLA format and discusses the Socrates' quote The unexamined life is not worth living. It is an opinion paper and contains no sources.
 



Joseph Campbell's Theory of the Four Functions of the Myth Joseph Campbell's Theory of the Four Functions of the Myth
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This five-page essay is written in MLA format, and has seven sources cited. It seeks to explore the relationship of Joseph Campbell’s theory of the four functions of myth (mystical, cosmological, sociological and psychological) to the classical Greek myth of Creation. After a brief summary of the Creation story as told by Hesiod, the four functions are related in turn to the events and characters in the myth. The influence of Bastian, Sprengler and Jung on Campbell’s theories is credited.
 



Marx and Rousseau's View of Private Property Marx and Rousseau's View of Private Property
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This report, one page in length and in MLA format, considers the Marx and Rousseau in terms of their views of the private property, the nature of man and society, and the sources of alienation and inequality
 



State Regulation in Light of Mill State Regulation in Light of Mill
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This report, one page in length and in MLA style, considers the legitimacy of the state’s authority to regulate certain activity between individuals in the light of the thinking of John Stuart Mill.
 



John Stuart Mill’s Concepts of Self-Determination and Well-Being versus John Rawls’ Theory of Justic John Stuart Mill’s Concepts of Self-Determination and Well-Being versus John Rawls’ Theory of Justic
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This essay will explore John Stuart Mill’s viewpoint that individual self-determination is the surest way to secure personal well-being, and consequently the well-being of society as a whole. It will also analyze a proposed correlation between Mill’s premises and John Rawls’ concept of the priority of rights over the good, as based on three main sources: On Liberty by John Stuart Mill (1869), A Theory of Justice by John Rawls (1971), and The Priority of Right and the Ideas of the Good by John Rawls (1988). Although Mills (1806-1873) wrote On Liberty more than a century before Rawls (1921-2002) published A Theory of Justice, Mills addressed points that are as relevant today as they were in 1869. It is seven pages long with 10 sources.
 



Mikhail Bakhtin's theories Mikhail Bakhtin's theories
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This paper discusses some of Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin's theories. The writer discusses Bakhtin and his relationship and contributions to the two schools of thought, Formalism and Marxism. Pages: 6 Sources: 5 Format: MLA
 



Progressive educational model Progressive educational model
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This is a paper produces a concept of a progressive educational model that relates to Rousseau and Aristotle's theory. Pages: 3 Sources: 3 Format: MLA
 



Plato's The Allegory of the Cave. Plato's The Allegory of the Cave.
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This paper examines/explains Plato's The Allegory of the Cave. The writer explains that Plato is making comments about life, education, and politics, and also giving his opinion as to how humans learn. Pages: 7 Sources: 4 Format: APA
 



Aristotle and pride Aristotle and pride
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This paper discusses Aristotle's theories concerning pride. The writer uses examples of how the fatal flaw of pride caused the downfall of many heroes in Greek legends. Pages: 3 Sources: 3 (no bibliography) Format: MLA
 



Confucious' idea of the passage Confucious' idea of the passage
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This paper uses Confucious' Analects, The Doctrine of the Mean, and Reflections on Things on Hand, in order to explain Confucious' idea of the passage The author draws specific examples from each of the texts and explains them using everyday examples. Pages: 5 Sources: 3 Format: MLA
 



Beliefs Beliefs
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This essay analyzes the beliefs of four men: Descartes, Nietzsche, Saint Thomas Aquinas, and Kant. Descartes' innate ideas method of thinking is discussed as well as his thought that everything but the self can be doubted. Nietzsche's beliefs on God (and his thought that He is dead) and chaos are explained while Saint Thomas Aquinas' thoughts on how to prove God is exists are explored. Kant's theory on moral act is discussed as well. Pages: 4 Sources: 3 Format: MLA
 



Individualism and collectivism Individualism and collectivism
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This paper discusses the constructs of individualism and collectivism and how they relate to organizational theory, social and economic adjustments of cultures to globalization. Additionally, how both individualism and collectivism cooperate with and reinforce each other in the workplace and competitive markets is analyzed. Pages: 15.5 Sources: 40 Format: APA
 



Beliefs of success Beliefs of success
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This paper briefly compares and contrasts the beliefs of success according to Korda and King. Pages: 1 Sources: none Format: none
 



Myths on philosophical investigation Myths on philosophical investigation
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This paper discusses the effect of myths on philosophical investigation. The importance of observation and reason in relevance to investigation is explained as well as how these two factors can be effected. The paper concludes by reminding the reader that philosophical investigation has many factors as discovered by philosophers long before our time. Pages: 3.2 Sources: none Format: none
 



Phaedo Phaedo
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This essay explains how the body interferes with the soul's journey to understanding as is believed in Plato's Phaedo. Socrates proves this point to his friends while lying on his deathbed and assures them that death is a good thing. Furthermore, Plato's thoughts on the soul are discussed. Pages: 4 Sources: none Format: none
 



Plato's Republic and Augustine's City of God Plato's Republic and Augustine's City of God
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This paper compares Plato's Republic and Augustine's City of God. Both men's backgrounds are compared as is the environment in which they were writing. The writers' beliefs are explained and the way in which they see a city operating is discussed. Pages: 4.3 Sources: 4 Format: MLA
 



Plato's obsession of a just society Plato's obsession of a just society
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This essay analyzes Plato's obsession of a just society. Using the Republic as an example, the author tries to prove this point while outlining Plato's life. Many themes present throughout the Republic such as truth and pleasure are also discussed. The paper concludes by illustrating the profound affect that Plato has had on our world then and still today. Pages: 4.5 Sources: 3 Format: MLA
 



The Matrix and the Allegory of the Cave The Matrix and the Allegory of the Cave
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This paper discusses how the modern movie The Matrix and Plato's Allegory of the Cave are similar. Pages: 1 Sources: none Format: none
 



Defining a sacred place Defining a sacred place
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The describes how the theories presented in Eliad and Otto's The Sacred and Profane and The Idea of the Holy to define a sacred place are neither necessary nor sufficient to explicate what defines the sacred in a sacred structure. Pages: 5.5 Sources: None Format: None
 



Socrates as a tragic hero Socrates as a tragic hero
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This paper discusses Socrates as a tragic hero. The three speeches he gives in his Apology are examined and used to defend him by the author as a tragic hero. A summary on each speech is present in this essay as well as Socrates' thoughts about his fate. Pages: 5 Sources: 1 Format: MLA
 



Virtue Virtue
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This essay explains Aristotle's and Confucius' beliefs about virtue. How both men thought virtue was achieved is discussed as well as the characteristics of virtuous people. Both views are compared and contrasted and the paper is concluded by explaining how both of these men's beliefs are similar. Pages: 4.3 Sources: 4 Format: MLA
 



Thomas Aquinas Thomas Aquinas
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This paper looks at Thomas Aquinas' philosophy, five proofs of proving the existence of God, the criticisms of the proofs, and the problem of evil within his philosophy. The author's main thesis is: Aquinas' intense engagement with Aristotle's thought profoundly influenced his own. He adopts essential insights from Aristotle, as is especially evident in his theory of knowledge. He rejects Augustine's idea that we need divine illumination to attain certain knowledge. The human intellect has a natural light that is itself sufficient for the knowledge of truths. The way to intellective cognition passes from sensory cognition through abstraction: the intellect abstracts the intelligible content from sense images.Pages: 20 Sources: 7 Format: MLA
 



Final Freedom and Autonomy Final Freedom and Autonomy
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This paper is about final freedom and autonomy. The first section is an examination of two popular models of the human will-the radical freedom of Sartre and the soft determinism of Hobart-and what they try to assert about the nature of the world and of the human being in it. In the second section, the authors provides a theory on the nature of responsibility, and tries to find some way with which people can determine what is meaningful and valuable in the experiences of thier lives, as well as provide a workable system of morality that holds true to these concepts. Pages: 32 Sources: None Format: None
 



What is Humanity What is Humanity
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This paper looks at the question: What is humanity? It looks at the definition of life according to the Jain Myth and the Nahuatl. It then looks at death through the Melanesian, Indian and Australian myths as well as the Book of Detah. It then looks at life after death through Greek philosophy and Taoist theory. Pages: 9.5 Sources: None Format: None
 



Structural Study of the Myth Structural Study of the Myth
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This paper looks at Claude Levi-Strauss' structural study of the myth. Its main thesis is that ancient man did have an intellectual conscious with the unveiling of mythical relations translated through various regions. Pages: 2 Sources: 1 Format: MLA
 



Life After Death Life After Death
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This paper is an argument for life after death. It uses recorded human experience and Christian beliefs for its support. Pages: 2 Sources: None Format: None
 



Lonergan Lonergan
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This paper discusses Bernard Lonergan's concept of knowledge and whether it allows for self-correction. It is written in second person. Pages: 3 Sources: None Format: None
 



Platonic Philosophy Platonic Philosophy
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In this paper, the author examines the views of two early philosophers that attempted to reinterpret Platonic philosophy: Plotinus and St. Augustine. The author attempts to explore how each thinker expressed the times in which he lived and the paradigm of thought that had gripped the Mediterranean world at each era of thought, show the inherent differences between the philosophies of Plato, Plotinus, and Augustine through the use of four examples (the different goals of philosophy, their different methods of philosophic inquiry, their opposing views on the role of inquiry in relation to discovering the governing principles of the cosmos, and the inherent condition of the human soul) and equate this not to a growth and evolution but rather a degeneration and devolution of Platonic philosophy. Pages: 13 Sources: 2 Format: MLA
 



Pragmatism in Philosophy Pragmatism in Philosophy
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This paper looks at pragmatism in philosophy. It discusses the ideas of Charles Peirce, William James and James Dewey. It also discusses pragmatism's main ideas. Pages: 6 Sources: 3 Format: MLA
 



Religio Laici Religio Laici
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This paper looks at John Dryden's Religio Laici. The author's main thesis is that utilizing a scientific, evidence-based approach, Dryden calls for a dialectical method of discerning and discovering truth in human knowledge, religion, and scripture that also requires the humbling of human wit. Pages: 8 Sources: 2 Format: MLA
 



Self Determination Self Determination
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This paper looks at self determination throughout history. It notes the idea's founding in 16th century to its current presence and how it has influenced societies to practice religious persecution and colonialism. It concludes with a question about the future state of Afghanistan considering the recent overthrow of the Taliban and newly installed government. Pages: 5 Sources: None Format: None
 



Marx and Modern Social Theory Marx and Modern Social Theory
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This paper is in regard to Swingewood's Marx and Modern Social Theory with its main thesis being that although Swingewood sees a lack of correlation in Marx's earlier and later works (apart from the central theme of Praxis) he identifies in agreement with most of Marx's concepts. Pages: 4 Sources: 2 Format: MLA
 



Philosophical Thought Philosophical Thought
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This paper briefly looks at Positivism, Darwinism, Marxism and Realism. Pages: 2 Sources: None Format: None
 



Alfred J. Ayer Alfred J. Ayer
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This is a 7-page paper about philosopher Alfred J. Ayer. It has eight sources and is written in MLA style. This general overview includes a brief look at Ayer, the person and his academic background. It also includes a review of several of his major theories and writings. In the end, the question is asked whether his philosophies are based on truth.
 



Deductive Argument from Evil Deductive Argument from Evil
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This two-page paper is a philosophical argument on evil. It is written on a college junior level in MLA format and contains one source. It discusses how evil can exist in the world with the idea that a kind and loving God is controlling our universe.
 



The Inductive Argument From Evil The Inductive Argument From Evil
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This two-page paper is a discussion of the inductive argument from evil. It deals with why there is a God and also so much evil in the world, and how the two can exist together. It is written in MLA format on a college junior level and contains one source.
 



Philosophy Philosophy
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This is 1 page paper, written in MLA format, with 0 sources. It is a general discussion of what p