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be hammered down." Society tries to place many rules on us as individuals as to what is acceptable and what is not. We must decide for ourselves whether to conform to such a social decorum. We are taught as soon as we are old enough to grasp the…

democracy is a bad form of government. This is based on his premis that democracy is a form of government in which citizens make fundamental societal decisions. World renowned philosopher, Plato, concludes that Democracy is a bad form of government,…

the father of modern philosophy and is notorious for criticizing any beliefs that are derived from sensory perception. In this essay I will attempt to disprove premise 2 of his dream argument which states that, "no beliefs based on the senses are comple…

philosophers over the past centuries. Philosophers have fervently tried to uncover the truth behind the distinction between the mind and the body. But even with the extensive amount of arguing and thinking put into this problem, it is still seemingly…

when we enter into an emotional state of being. We will try to explain what the conditions are for such a transformation to take place, how exactly Sartre thinks such transformations are possible and why it is so crucial for us as conscious beings…

history, Voltaire personifies the Enlightenment. Recognized by his witty quotes and critical writings, which are characterized by brevity and lucidity, he is one of the best known French philosophers. Born Francois-Marie Arouet in Paris in 1694,…

described the complex idea of environmental ethics in a very simple way, by demonstrating how life was before environmental ethics it was clear to deduce that environmental ethics indeed does "involve the development of a new set of values in a world…

I declare. You exclaim, "Absolutely!" These above uses of 'absolutely' are a form of an intensity adverb and "emphatic agreement", respectively, and in society, the aforementioned uses would never be questioned because I have no background in…

the enrichment of its rulers, the US would be a more tightly unified nation. Confucius stressed that a government be run for the well-being of the people, and if that was applied today, results would be outstanding. Confucius also said to put …

Albert Camus earned a worldwide reputation as a novelist and essayist and won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1957. Though his writings, and in some measure against his will, he became the leading moral voice of his generation during the 1950's.…