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Young Hegelians Social Construction
1,227 wordsThe notion of man as a species-being for Marx meant the recognition of mans human essence as a member of a species. A species which takes part in a process of conscious production whereby we produce as human beings for one another; Marx perceived this to be the process of mans active species life (Bottomore; 1963). Marx specifically used the term species being as a method to distinguish human life from animal life; where production is more a consequence of blind instinct rather than conscious pr...
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Set Of Circumstances Don Quixote
1,382 wordsUsing Montaigne's (1) The character of Don Quixote used to inspire many philosophers, in their search for true motivations of our behavior. This is because they intuitively felt that, even though Don Quixote embarks on his mission out of seemingly irrational considerations, his stance in life appears to be superior to those who cannot think outside of logical boundaries. Therefore, we can say that the behavior of Cervantes hero is ruled by the type of logic, which cannot be rationalized. In his ...
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Christianity And Islam Men And Women
2,302 wordsGender Roles from a Theological View (1) In recent years, it became very popular among Christians to suggest that Bibles message should not be taken literally. Numerous experts tell us how we should be interpreting Christian doctrine, as if they had a personal conversation with God. The same tendency can be observed within Islam. There are, of course fundamentalists, who live according to the rules of Koran, but the religious attitude of majority of Muslims, is becoming more secularized. Nowaday...
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Gender Roles From A Theological View Part 2
2,298 words... with the following statement: the Old Testament is the story Jews exterminating neighboring tribes, because God told them so. The New Testament is nothing but a religious interpretation of Communist doctrine, which puts emphasis on mens equality and on the fact that eternal bliss is possible only in distant future. This is why; it is especially remarkable that some Bible scholars find in this book a justification for their view of mans role in society. One of such extraordinary people is Rev...
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Theory Of Social Social Interaction
2,489 wordsErving Goffman's contribution into the notion of the social interaction The aim of the present paper is to look through the sociological notions provided by Goffman through his books, especially in relation to the social interaction. It is essential to critically evaluate the contribution which Goffman has made through his dramaturgical theory of social interaction and through the development of new notions included into this theory. Goffman has always been interested in knowing the cores of the...
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Ecological Crisis Lynn Christianity
720 wordsHistorical Roots of Our Economic Crisis (1) In her article The Roots of Our Ecological Crisis, Lynn White suggests that ecological crisis, which we commonly associate with the beginning of Industrial era, has rather a metaphysical essence than technological one, as it is being assumed by majority of people. According to author, Christian religion instilled Europeans with the sense of existential superiority, which in its turn, allowed them to embark on the merciless exploitation of nature. Lynn ...
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Sense Of Duty Majority Of People
2,082 wordsKant (1). It has been rightfully suggested that the philosophy of Immanuel Kant revolves around his unique understanding of notion of morality. According to philosopher, morality has universal properties, which cannot be discussed within the context of their practical utilization, because otherwise, morality becomes subjected to perceptional subjectivity. Kant believed that every individual is being psychologically divided between two realms that are essentially opposite the realm of pure ideas ...
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Socio Theological Analysis Of Gardners Grendel
1,085 wordsSocio-theological analysis of Gardners Grendel In his novel Grendel, John Gardner presents readers with his own understanding of the essence of metaphysical conflict between ideologically motivated irrationality and evolutionary purposefulness, described in the original story of Beowulf. The character of Grendel can be thought of as the embodiment of existentialist values, which is why the line of his arguments appears to be very progressive. In fact, it might seem that Grendel's philosophy corr...
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Form Of Government Socio Political
2,208 wordsPolitical Science (1) Despite the fact that Machiavelli's The Prince and Hobbes Leviathan were written in time when it was being commonly assumed that political power comes out of guns barrel, these works contain proofs of authors understanding that application of naked force alone can hardly be effective, when it comes to manipulation of masses. Both Machiavelli and Hobbes describe an effective political leader as person who understands psychological aspects of winning popularity with the crowd...
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Forms Of Art Creative Process
977 words19 th Century Philosophy Paper 2 1) According to Arthur Schopenhauer, will is the essence of objective reality. It is the driving force behind physical and mental processes, which define all expects of existence. Within a context of psychology, Schopenhauer describes will as individuals irrational strive towards happiness, which can never reach its objectives, because happiness itself is nothing but an illusion, which serves as motivation for the individual to think of passing its genes to the n...
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Mind And Body Piece Of Wax
2,266 wordsDescartes overall objective in the Meditations is to question knowledge. To explore such issues as the existence of God and the separation of mind and body, it was important for him to distinguish what we can know as truth. He believed that reason as opposed to experience was the source for discovering what is of absolute certainty. The first meditation acts as a foundation for all those that follow. Here Descartes discerns between mere opinion and strict absolute certainty. To make this conside...
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Clear And Distinct Perception Point Of View
732 wordsClear and Distinct Perception: An Analysis Of Rene Descartes Rene Descartes? Meditations in the First Philosophy is a skeptic? s speculation on certain inalienable truths. Descartes meditations are based on the epistemological theory of rationalism: that is if someone truly knows something then they could not possibly be mistaken. He provides solid arguments for what his six meditations stand for, and how he obtained a clear and distinct perception of innate ideas. In Meditations he comes to ter...
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Kurtz Last Words Good Or Evil
4,030 wordsConrad's novel, Heart of Darkness, relies on the historical period of imperialism in order to describe its protagonist, Charlie Marlow, and his struggle. Marlow's catharsis in the novel, as he goes to the Congo, rests on how he visualizes the effects of imperialism. This paper will analyze Marlow's change, as caused by his exposure to the imperialistic nature of the historical period in which he lived. Marlow is asked by the company, the organization for whom he works, to travel to the Congo riv...
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Gods Existence Evil Genius
2,253 wordsDescartes Descartes Meditations Descartes Meditations Descartes work entitled Meditations, is a work on metaphysics in which Descartes hopes to achieve absolute certainty about three issues: the soul as a thinking thing distinct from or without a body, the belief that God exists, and the belief that the external world exists. In order to acquire absolutely certainty which can be applied to these issues, Descartes first lays a foundation of integrity on which to build his knowledge. The technique...
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Meditations On First Philosophy Clear And Distinct Ideas
1,419 wordsHow do we know what we know? Ideas reside in the minds of intelligent beings, but a clear perception of where these ideas come from is often the point of debate. It is with this in mind that Ren? Descartes set forth on the daunting task to determine where clear and distinct ideas come from. A particular passage written in Meditations on First Philosophy known as the wax passage shall be examined. Descartes thought process shall be followed, and the central point of his argument discussed. In Med...
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Deserves Careful Consideration Deserves Careful Ideas
747 wordsAs man progressed through the various stages of evolution, it is assumed that at a certain point he began to ponder the world around him. Of course, these first attempts fell short of being scholarly. As time passed on, though, these ideas persisted and were eventually tackled by the more intellectual, so-called philosophers. This, excavation of the external world began. As the authoritarianism of the ancients gave way to the more liberal views of the modernists, two main positions concerning ep...
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1,458 wordsAs man progressed through the various stages of evolution, it is assumed that at a certain point he began to ponder the world around him. Of course, these first attempts fell short of being scholarly, probably consisting of a few grunts and snorts at best. As time passed on, though, these ideas persisted and were eventually tackled by the more intellectual, so-called philosophers. Thus, excavation of the external world began. As the authoritarianism of the ancients gave way to the more liberal v...
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Sense Of Humor Psychological Traits
751 wordsWhat is a person? That sounds like a harmless question, but the answer can get very complicated. Is a person just a lump of skin, muscles, bones, and other materials? Is a person something immaterial like a mind or a soul? Or is a person a combination of these two things? Really there is no right answer, and it all depends on the point of view that you hold. First of all, what is a body? Some say that a body is, like I said before, a lump of skin, muscles, bones, and other materials. Some say it...
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Nazi Regime Martin Heidegger
3,642 wordsHeidegger &# 038; Nazism Martin Heidegger, one of the twentieth century's most distinguished philosophers, whose influence has spread far throughout many academic fields and thus changed the look of Western philosophy. In his 1927 book Being and Time, his first major publication, broke the trend of Western philosophy which had dominated thinking since Descartes. It set the tone of the radically new patterns of thought in an era grounded in technology in society, and the reaction to the death of ...
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Point Of View Perfect Person
1,740 wordsWhat is? Zen? It is a conservative view of some, that the world is a very strange place. Once upon a time, four men and a woman all wished they could meet the perfect person. Each in his or her own way received a message to be at a certain bar at a time and at the third stool from the left, the perfect person would be sitting. The woman got there early, and sat down in the fourth seat to wait. As the time grew closer, she decided it wouldnt hurt to freshen up and popped into the bathroom. Just a...
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