Essay 2: Who is The Most Important Greek Philosopher? Ancient Greek Philosophy is credited to be one of the most influential periods of philosophy in the history of the world. Ideas and theories created during this era have great significance and importance even to today’s society. Many would consider the philosophers who were part of this era to be the greatest of all time. The likes of Plato‚ Aristotle‚ Pythagoras‚ and many more helped develop hundreds of theories and ideas that changed the
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Epitome of humanity’s greatest enemy Enemy. When one hears this word‚ people tend to automatically relate this to negative emotions such as sorrow‚ despair‚ anger and hatred. By definition‚ an enemy is a person we feel hatred for‚ foster harmful designs against‚ or engage in antagonistic activities against; an adversary or opponent. Most people think that an enemy must be someone you foster a great deal of hatred for‚ but that is not necessarily the case. While saying that the person you hate the
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Organized Religion Ever since man has chosen to write down his history‚ organized religion has been a prominent topic and has influenced and shaped all people’s lives. There have always been believers and non-believers. Since the beginning‚ non-believers have been persecuted by inquisitions‚ prosecuted by witch trials‚ and murdered by stoning and crucifying for even questioning the "truth" about a supreme being and supposed crimes against that being. Religion had a purpose in earlier times
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The Decline of Organized Religion in Today’s Society -Organized Religion in the West/ Iraq In recent years organized religion in the western civilizations have begun a rather interesting trend‚ one of decline. This occurrence is not only isolated to a certain region/country but branched out‚ and setting this trend is the “Millennials” or Generation Y. Many factors come into play towards the decline of organized religion in modern day society. A country such as Canada with its huge immigration
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Odysseus’s Greatest Enemy: The World Itself Greece is a beautiful Mediterranean-bordering country. People revel in its beautiful mountains and beaches. One would think that nothing bad could ever occur in such a beautiful paradise. However‚ in the grand epic The Odyssey‚ written by the Greek poet Homer‚ a gentleman named Odysseus is put into troubling scenarios which he must surpass in order to be reunited with his love‚ Penelope. As “People need heroes and epics provide heroes who
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It seems to be that the greatest philosophers of history all learned from one another. Aristotle taught Socrates‚ who taught Plato. We are lucky enough to have access to the minds of these wonderful theorists through their own texts and others’ accounts of their ponderings. Though the times are different‚ the ideas presented by these philosophers are still very relevant and in some ways have helped to shape today’s society. Plato’s Symposium is the somewhat fictional story of a story of a philosophical
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to the institution of organized religion. I feel that religion discourages your personal desires by asking followers to submit to the will of God. Religion should not feel like an obligation‚ but more of a spirituality; a feeling like an emotion where it soothes and comforts you versus a feeling of mobilization and rallying. I acknowledge that religion played an influential role in shaping America and helped humanity. I cannot deny some of the admirable things of religion such as helping some
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Organized religion has often led to a break in the sense of community for a variety of reasons‚ one of those being size. The size of churches impacts the relationships formed as well as the level of that relationship. Kristin Laurin describes relationships as a “connection or association” furthermore Baumeister and Lear tack on that relationships “involves mutual feelings of affection and intimacy and fulfills needs for belonging and connectedness” (qtd. in Laurin et al 777). Larger groups‚ as seen
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One of the negative sides of organized religion comes from the idea of “charisma” and the charismatic leader who may not have the best intentions and could use the power that they gain over people with this charisma to push things that may not necessarily by what their religion is supposed to stand for (Fisher‚ 2005). An example of this would be the extremist Muslims in the Middle East‚ specifically al Qaida or the Taliban. Charismatic leaders‚ such as the recently killed Osama bin Laden‚
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Alan Watts FAMOUS AS: Philosopher‚ Writer & Speaker BORN ON: 06 January 1915 BORN IN: Chislehurst‚ Kent‚ England DIED ON: 16 November 1973 NATIONALITY: United Kingdom WORKS & ACHIEVEMENTS: Popular philosopher known for his Eastern philosophy and Zen teachings‚ Wrote famous books like The Way of Zen (1957)‚ Psychotherapy East and West (1961)‚ The New Alchemy (1958) and The Joyous Cosmology (1962). Alan Watts or Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher‚ writer‚ and speaker who
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