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purpose in the absence of a "supreme being". Kurt Baier states there is two senses of the word "purpose". The first, self generated, meaning people themselves sets their goals and the second is an externally imposed purpose, which are arranged by…

important contributions by organizing deductive logic. He believed that logic was not a science but rather had to be treated before the study of every branch of knowledge. Aristotle's name for logic was "analytics". This great achiever wrote on the…

views on the concept of freedom. The traditional view is that of the compatibilists which states that freedom is the ability to act, or not to act, according to the determinations of the will. It is so defined to make it compatible with the theory…

realized that he is a being that thinks, doubts, desires, and questions many, many things. However, the notion that Descartes has of a God is the clearest and most distinct when compared to his other notions. Descartes realizes that since he is a…

is the viewpoint and belief that there are no absolute moral truths, only truths relative to the culture in which you belong to. What one society would consider morally right, another society might consider to be morally wrong, therefore, what…

national and civil liberty; in today's world society's whose citizens have personal and political liberties are considered free. But do institutionalized rights guarantee freedom? Does political liberty create a just and free society? When good…

you would expect to go together, right? That depends on who you ask. In his book, Fear and Trembling, Soren Kierkegaard asserts that life is made up of distinct stages and that the ethical life and the religious life are two quite different stages.…

who solved the famous riddle And towered up, most powerful of men. No mortal eyes but booked on him with envy, Yet in the end ruin swept over him. The first half of the ending of the Sophocles shows the rising action, climax and the falling action…

third argument against Thrasymachus. Then I examine his argument and point out the flaws. Finally I try to guess Plato's purpose on writing this, and how this is actually a success concerning the whole book while a failure for Book I. Fatal Flaws…

to suffer." Do you agree? Give reasons to support you answer, and show that you have thought about different points of view. Make reference to at least one religion. Many people believe in God although there is no scientific evidence to support…