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Following our previous discussion on the philosophy behind Daft Punk’s body of work, this post serves as a continuation. Personally, I am convinced that there is a philosophical aspect to everything, including the Prime Time Of Your Life video which undeniably presents social commentary. Whether this philosophy is deliberately intended by the artists to convert…

John Dreher Philosophy 320 Robert Boyle’s Corpuscular Philosophy Robert Boyle believed that the universe (observable objects) was made up of tiny bodies called corpuscles and these tiny bodies were thought to bring about large-scale phenomena by moving around and interacting in specific ways. These corpuscles are innumerable and are of a determinate size and shape…

Martin Chuzzlewit Essay, Research Paper “ My chief object in this narrative was, to exhibit in a assortment of facets the commonest of all the frailties: to demo how Selfishness propagates itself ; and to what a inexorable giant it may turn, from little beginnings ” – Charles Dickens about the intent of his novel:…

An act is considered imputable when the person committing it has both knowledge and consent regarding the action. Imputability can be either fully possessed or not possessed at all by an individual. It leads to accountability, which varies in degrees depending on whether the person was influenced by any modifier of the intellect or will….

Two of the most influential Stoic philosophers of all time are Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus. They are both authors as well. Marcus Aurelius wrote “Meditations”, and Epictetus wrote “The Enchiridion”, which means the manual. In this case, the “manual” is a guide to life and how to think so that a person can go through…

            Empedocles (c. 495-c.435BC), born in the Acragas, the modern Agrigento in the city of Sicily is one of the most prominent Greek philosophers during the Pre-Socratic period and a number of his works particularly the poems On Nature as well as Purifications still remain in fragments among modern philosophers (Craig, 293). Empedocles’ power as…

Making decisions in life is often hard There are many ways to make a decision in life, We always have more than one choice; life is what you make it. I‘m a very passionate person; I believe everyone is equal and people should have the right to choose their own way in life After reading…

The books are Analects and Suzann. In the book Analects Confucius was described to be concerned with behaving morally even when this means enduring hardships and poverty while in Suzann he is a politically motivated figure seeking high office and departing from patrons who do not properly reward him. Confucius principles had a basis in…

The word “philosophy” (from the Greek phileo – love and sophia – wisdom) literally means “love of wisdom” or “love of wisdom”. It is believed that the word “philosopher” was first used by Pythagoras, who is credited with the following saying: “Life is like games: others come to compete, others to trade, and the happiest…

Euthanasia is one of society’s more widely, and hotly debated moral issues of our time. More directly, active euthanasia, which by definition, is; “Doing something, such as administering a lethal drug, or using other means that cause a person’s death.” Passive euthanasia, defined as; “Stopping (or not starting) some treatment, which allows a person to…