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Descartes’ First Meditation aims to highlight the unreliability of our perceptions and sensations. The main goal is to instill doubt in our senses. Descartes supports this idea with three main arguments: the dream argument, the deceiving God argument, and the evil demon “or evil genius” argument. According to Descartes’ dream argument, it is difficult to…

Introduction n. Pressure from one’s peers to behave in a manner similar or acceptable to them. Peer pressure is everywhere. People from all walks of life and all professions experience it. People of all ages are victims of it. There are many different forms of peer pressure, and the pressure can be applied to almost…

In the intriguing tapestry of literature, there are certain phrases that is reflected with deep wisdom and resonance, remaining a strong imprint on our hearts and minds. Those too-late words encapsulate the maintenance of the human condition, contesting us, to think over the depths of our existence. One such enigmatic figure, whose words philosophize with…

Every person has its own perspective of every thing be it real or abstract, and that perspective is shaped from experiences, culture, norms, beliefs, theories and the thought of words  handed from generations to generations. That’s why; finding the truth of truths is a collective process. Now, what about finding and knowing the truth of…

Socrates was the son of common Athenians. His father was a stone-mason/ sculptor, his mother a midwife. Socrates was also a stone-mason by trade and was to follow in his father’s footsteps. It was still yet unknown to Socrates in his early years that his ‘career’ would be that of a philosopher. It is said…

INTRODUCTION: Head & Shoulders is a brand of anti-dandruff shampoo produced by Procter & Gamble. Head & Shoulders is world’s No. 1 anti-dandruff shampoo. A power brand from P;G, this brand made its debut in India in 1997. In the highly competitive Indian shampoo market which is estimated to be worth around Rs 1800 crore,…

Different societies possess attributes that steer the vibe of the community. Created by organized government, laws attempt to create a harmonious and civil coalition of people while addressing the majority’s necessities and desires. Nonetheless, government fails to produce a balance of restrictions, thus fabricating dystopian conditions instead of utopian conditions. Ayn Rand’s novella Anthem, William…

Karl Marx, also a philosopher was popularly known for his theories that best explained society, its social structure, as well as the social relationships. Karl Marx placed so much emphasis on the economic structure and how it influenced the rest of the social structure from a materialistic point of view. Human societies progress through a…

If anyone wants to run out for a coffee, now would be the time. Fiddle with your diaries. Update your Facebook status. Write a short poem. Anything to put it off that minute longer. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Don’t even think about accusing the dog of eating your homework, or your printer for malfunctioning….

The term assumes slightly different meanings in different contexts but in literature discourse means speech or writing normally longer than sentences which deals with a certain subject formally in the form of writing or speech. In other words, discourse is the presentation of language in its entirety while performing an intellectual inquiry in a particular…