Plato’s affinity argument for the immortality of the soul in the Phaedo is where Socrates shows that the soul most resembles that which is non composite, invisible and divine “the soul is more like the invisible that the body, and the body more like the visible” (Phaedo 79c) well the body resembles that which is …
Category: Philosophy
For the lastcouple of decades, there was a topic that was always touched upon and arguedabout. It was about if God existed or not. There always has been ongoingargument if god existed which formed many people into an atheists and theistswho are people who believe in a god or multiple gods. The main reason I …
Helen Longino believes science achieves objectivity, thephilosophical idea that something is deemed true regardless of how humansperceive it, using the scientific method. The two main notions of objectivityare positivism and traditional empiricism, according to Logino’s view of socialepistemology. Positivist believe humans influence objectivity subjectively viathe formation of hypotheses based …
Zeno of Elea was recognised forhis string of paradoxes which altogether had a significant influence onphilosophy and namely, the idea of motion. Zeno was a Greek philosopher who wasan Eleatic, which is a term used when describing an individual or group fromthe ancient city if Elea, where there was a school of philosophers. On top …
Topic # 1 Descarteswas the founder of the modern day scientific method and his creating of thescientific method was used as a way for him to find truth to prove God. Thistopic throws a lot of people off but it’s really an interesting thought becauseyou look at science and religion to what they have become …
I’m assuming everyone has read the dialogue Crito, so i’ll try not to summarize it too much. From what i can tell, Crito is trying to persuade Socrates into escaping from the prison and escape being executed. Crito starts off by saying that if socrates refuses to escape, he will not only have lost a close friend, but …
Mo Zi is one of the greatestphilosophers in China. Though people do not usually hear of his name, he wassaid to be comparable to the great Kong Zi or famously known as Confucius.There is only very little information about Mo Zi. In the book of Co (1992), heclaimed that …
Everything in the universe can be calculated in some way.Even life is quantified. The Human Genome Project, during which the sequence ofchemical base pairs that make up human DNA was calculated, was resolved bycomputers. All secrets of the universe are solved with the help of mathematics.Our Universe is better explained by the language of mathematics …
For the last couple of decades,there was a topic that was always touched upon and argued about. It was aboutif God existed or not. There always has been an ongoing argument if god existedwhich formed many people into atheists and theists who are people who believein a god or multiple gods. The main reason I …
ReneDescartes is known as one of the greatest philosophers. His theories about the existenceof God and how they relate to human beings were too much for the minds of histimes. Rene often debated the relation between the mind and the body, beingskeptical of himself. He was one of theof the primary representatives in the scientific …
“All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense; but some are greater nonsense than others. ” (Moore/Bruder, 17) The words of Samuel Butler play a large part in my own personal philosophy. Many of the questions asked by philosophy are unanswerable: “Why are we here? ” “Is there a God? ” Philosophic questions like …
Plato was an immensely influential classical Greek philosopher who live between 427-347BC, he was the student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle who went on to write a critique about Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and his theory of the forms. Plato often takes on the persona of Socrates because when Socrates died he …
Anglo-Saxon 7th Century, rhythmic performance, heroic and religious love Middle English Standardisation of english language, latin influences, religious courtly love, shunning women for being sexual Renaissance 15th century, shift away from religion, ideas of philosophy, greater range of literary devices (sonnets), humanist non-religious topics Neoclassical 1660-1798, time of conflict, disregarding emotion and imagination, follows pattern …
Letters from Yorkshire “Our souls tap out messages across the icy miles” When We Two Parted “Half broken-hearted to sever for years” Mother, Any Distance “The line still feeding out, unreeling years between us.” Walking Away “How selfhood begins with a walking away, // And love is proved in the letting go.” Winter Swans “We …
When we two parted Pale grew thy cheek and cold, colder thy kiss Walking Away Like a satellite, wrenched from its orbit Walking away Love is proved in the letting go Loves Philosophy The moonbeams kiss the sea- What are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me? Eden rock She “looks my way/ …
