There are many theories on the meaning of truth‚ and with those theories come beliefs and questions as to why one is more adequate than the others. The theory that I will discuss as the most adequate is the correspondence theory. Honestly‚ I don ’t possess the capabilities to fully determine the most sufficient theory of truth. I do‚ however‚ have empirical evidence and solid reasoning to support the correspondence theory. There are many valid arguments and questions of this theory that I am not
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Philosophy Final Paper December 18‚ 2012 What Is Love? Throughout the years‚ many philosophers have studied the nature of love‚ and have come up with many different definitions and theories. Although love is something that plays a huge role in the lives of almost everyone‚ some philosophers have simply given up on their studies‚ or felt it just wasn’t very meaningful to study at all‚ and decided to leave it in “the realm of the ineffable.” Although the question‚ “What Is love?” has still never
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such thing as "true love" they believe that love is nothing but an illusion designed by social expectations. These people believe that love ultimately turns into pain and despair. This idea in some ways is true. Love is not eternal it will come to an end one way or another‚ but the aspect that separates true love from illusion‚ is the way love ends. "True Love" is much too powerful to be destroyed by Human imperfection; it may only be destroyed by a force equal to the power of love. Diotima believed
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John Donne’s Poetic Philosophy of Love For the enormously complex and vexed John Donne (1572-1631)‚ the one in whom all “contraries meet‚” (Holy Sonnet 18)‚ life was love—the love of women in his early life‚ then the love of his wife (Ann More)‚ and finally the love of God. All other aspects of his experience apart from love‚ it seems‚ were just details. Love was the supreme concern of his mind‚ the preoccupation of his heart‚ the focus of his experience‚ and the subject of his poetry
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whether the erotic love‚ which is the virtue of spirituality in some senses and is a debatable issue‚ can be called as spiritual event or not‚ first all requirements of spiritual event and spirituality itself should be analyzed in terms of its relationship between passion and excitement. When thinking the spirituality as whole‚ one can imagine that it is like a mutual soul of human nature‚ on the other hand‚ even the nature itself. At first sight‚ before examining the erotic love the religious issues
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John Donne’s Poetic Philosophy of Love By Dr. David Naugle Stand still‚ and I will read to thee‚ A lecture‚ love‚ in love’s philosophy. —John Donne‚ “Lecture upon the Shadow” For the enormously complex and vexed John Donne (1572-1631)‚ the one in whom all “contraries meet‚” (Holy Sonnet 18)‚ life was love—the love of women in his early life‚ then the love of his wife (Ann More)‚ and finally the love of God. All other aspects of his experience apart from love‚ it seems‚ were just details. Love
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Metaphilosophy relies on the idea that it might be productive to distinguish some general pronouncements about philosophy from philosophy itself. Contrasting with many other cultural practices‚ for philosophy the distinction is rather questionable‚ but a similar case is presented by language: when speaking in English about the English language one might assume a split between English-as-object and English-as-metalanguage. Philosophers using the term metaphilosophy being still a minority‚ it might
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The philosophy as described by Schopenhauer is the center of life. Through this knowledge‚ thinkers feel that love is silent. This is based on the notions brought up that people need to understand the intensity of the love feeling. The fact that happiness has nothing to do with love and that people generally build their lives around love. The intensity of our feelings when in love is caused by a psychological manifestation of a few emotions. One of them being fear. To philosophers
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What is “romantic love”? Is it a feeling? Have you ever felt a hopeless‚ irrational love for someone‚ and then immediately regretting this decision. Is it a decision? Is romantic love something people think through? There are those who believe that rational thought is necessary in order for romantic love to be. I agree that rational is a large component as far as why a person has strong feelings toward another. However‚ what is not clear is the definition of romantic love and who it is reserved for
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What is love exactly? Is it just being with the person you care about the most or is it really something complicated and intricate? You would be amazed with how much this four letter could mean and how much it could affect your life. I believe love is an affection‚ an attraction‚ someone you cannot live without‚ a value for the person. If you don’t start off with something like this‚ then what will you end up with? But then again love isn’t just about the zeal you have for someone but about
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