Does God exist? Some say that the Earth and the life on it was just a product of random chance‚ and not created by any intelligent deity. Others say that it couldn’t have occurred simply by random chance‚ and it must have been created by an intelligent Creator. I agree with the latter statement‚ and am writing this to articulate some of the reasons behind why I believe in God. Atheism is sometimes portrayed as being more logical than believing God created the universe‚ but I think that belief in
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Even today‚ people admire the ideas of Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle. Their teachings are at the root of modern philosophy and science. Alfred Whitehead is quoted as saying: “The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.” If you really know how to read Plato‚ the truth behind this statement is easy to see. Nearly every great philosophical idea was discussed by Plato to some extent. The best way to put it is the way
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Nyonkour Karlar 10/17/2014 Believe Assignment ENG 110. I belief that whatever you put your mind to it doesn’t matter where you are or who you are‚ you can achieve it. The reason I have this believe started when I was a child back home in Africa. When I was at the age of 7 I believed that one day I will graduate from high school‚ and become a great soccer player. In my hometown in west Africa if you’re a high school graduate it’s a huge thing‚ not many of my friends when to school because
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In the allegory of the cave‚ Plato describes several men who have been chained all their lives with only a wall in front of them in which shadows are displayed and only echoes are heard. These men believe these shadows and echoes to be the totality of real things in the world without any inclination to question the veracity of their perception. Once one of them is released from the chains and comes out of the cave‚ he is welcomed into a new reality‚ one that supersedes the misapprehension of the
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Plato - Plato WHEN Socrates was sixty years old‚ Plato‚ then a youth of twenty‚ came to him as a pupil. When Plato was sixty years old‚ the seventeen-year-old Aristotle presented himself‚ joining the Teacher ’s group of "Friends‚" as the members of the Academy called themselves. Aristotle was a youth of gentle birth and breeding‚ his father occupying the position of physician to King Philip of Macedon. Possessed of a strong character‚ a penetrating intellect‚ apparent sincerity‚ but great personal
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Cholpon Kurmanalieva Why I believe in God I often used to ask myself in the past‚ “who created all conveniences for human existence? Why is the distance between the Sun and the Earth comfortable for living? Why is there a good proportion of water and land; why do we have mountains‚ beautiful nature‚ animals and plants? Why do we have brain‚ 2 eyes‚ 2 feet‚ and 2 hands? Sure‚ there’s somebody who regulates all these processes on the Earth to make people live. And His name is God. Blaise
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Philosophers Assignment Immanuel Kant: The German Philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) is one of the central figures in Modern Philosophy. In the The Methaphysik der Sitten (1797) (Methaphysics of Ethics) Kant described his ethical system. In short‚ the three fundamental elements in Kant’s System are: 1. Individuals are rational beings; They have a conception of laws or principles‚ the ability to make choices on the basis of reason and act on those choices. It is rationality that distinct
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argue that Socrates’ conservative rationale serves only as a diversion from his radical intentions. In defending this statement‚ I will first outline Socrates’ conduct and motives in the Apology. Second‚ I will present the argument for how this behaviour can be interpreted as being conservative using narratives from Crito and The Republic. Lastly‚ I will argue why this behaviour instead demonstrates that Socrates was a radical. In the Apology‚ Plato provides a narrative of Socrates’ defence for using
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------------------------------------------------- Life Early childhood Augustine was born in 354 in the municipium of Thagaste (now Souk Ahras‚ Algeria) in Roman Africa. His father‚ Patricius‚ was a pagan‚ and his mother‚ Monica‚ was Christian. Scholars believe that Augustine’s ancestors included Berbers‚ Latins and Phoenicians. Augustine’s family name‚ Aurelius‚ suggests that his father’s ancestors werefreedmen of the gens Aurelia given full Roman citizenship by the Edict of Caracalla in 212. Augustine’s
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American Revolution. The new America needed a new form a government‚ different from Britians. So they used the ideas of the the Enlightment Thinkers to help write the Constitution. Next‚ I believe that our government would not be the same at all without the concept put forth by Enlightent Philosophers‚ because John Locke believed that all people have natural rights from birth such as life liberty and property. He says so in his article "Two Treaties of Government." These same ideas are reflected
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