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Reading This Book Physical Universe
1,284 wordsIn L. Ron Hubbard's book Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought, he begins with a discussion about the vital statistics of scientology. One major idea to keep in mind is that scientology is an applied religious philosophy. The word scientology is taken from the Latin word scio (knowing in the fullest of the word) and the Greek word logos (study of). In itself the word means literally knowing how to know. Another definition for scientology is the study and handling of the spirit in relationship...
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Theory Of Forms Theory Of Knowledge
1,268 wordsforms The influence that Plato, the Greek philosopher born in 427 BC in Athens, has had throughout the history of philosophy has been monumental. Among other things, Plato is known for his exploration of the fundamental problems of natural science, political theory, metaphysics, theology and theory of knowledge; many of his ideas becoming permanent elements in Western thought. The basis of Plato? s philosophy is his theory of Ideas, or doctrine of Forms. While the notion of Forms is essential to...
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Defense Mechanisms Scientific Evidence
911 wordsMaterialism vs. Dualism There is no doubt that we are physical beings, but there is a question as to where our consciousness comes from. Can this consciousness come from a completely physical make up or do we have another non-physical entity? Does consciousness come from a physical brain or a non-physical mind? The two competing views of this question are materialism and dualism. Materialism views the world as being made up of only physical things, while dualism believes that everything has a ph...
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Things They Carried Deal With Death
1,121 wordsThe Things They Carried was a story about soldiers caught in the confusion of the Vietnam War. There are a lot of apparent themes that are dealt with when writing a story about war, especially about death. I enjoyed reading this story, however there were some things about it that I was concerned about. I would like to discuss the authors style of writing, his meaning of the title The Things They Carried and the way the author and his characters deal with death. This story was written with a vari...
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Material Things Physical Things
1,280 wordsSocrates and Augustine are two different men with some very similar views. They share in the idea that the body is the root of our problems or of evil in general. I believe more in what Augustine taught when he said that bad intentions with the body are just as bad as the action itself. Socrates believed that the body is not only rejected by philosophy but also that it gets in the way of knowledge. I believe that the body is an essential part of the human process and dispersing it without exploi...
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