Essays on Philosophy

MAJOR INFLUENCES OF PLATO’S AND ARISTOTLES’S METAPHYSICS ON LATER DEVELOPMENTS IN RELIGION AND THEIR INFLUENCE IN RELIGION TODAY Introduction The word philosophy comes from the Greek name philosophia which factually means “love of wisdom” it means the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake and comprised all areas of speculative thought, including...

Nature has awlays been viewed different in the society since the historical eras. The understanding and perception of nature is usually determined by the belief of individual groups including envrionmentalists, economists, and religions. In his own interpretation, Slavoj Zizek considers nature as whole that exists in its enterity of which...

The Relationship Between "Meaning" and Signs The term “meaning” refers to the relationship between two particular things. In philosophy, “meaning” is considered as the relationship between various signs and the type of things they intend to mean. People have various interpretations of the things that are meaningful to them. For instance,...

Most people are always in search of careers that are satisfying and lead to personal satisfaction. However, what is satisfying to one person is not to the other. Other people have left corporate jobs to move to charity or Non- Governmental jobs, because they wanted a satisfying, and by such...

Moral Issues and Legal Concerns Moral issues differ from legal ones because they are not concerns of the state. Morality is what tells us whether an action is bad or not. There are several schools of thought on the subject. Each theory tries to offer a framework for decision-making. Is an...

Thales Thales, one of the earliest philosophers, argued that everything around the world is water. Suchlike arguments provoke the consideration that the world has an interior mechanism that only study and evidence can expose. Therefore, the glaring picture of the globe should grant the system to a methodical view that can...

Empiricism and rationalism are deemed to be two schools of thinking in the world of philosophy. Rationalism believes that opinions and actions should be undertaken majorly based on reason instead of religious beliefs or emotions. On the other side, empiricism is deemed to be an epistemological perception that reinstates that...

Global poverty and international distributive justice Global poverty and international distributive justice are an initiative which needs support across the world in an attempt to build an equitable society. International distributive justice concerns sharing our benefits and burdens in life or building a world with a fair if not equal distribution...

The Phenomenology of Spirit by Hegel, published in 1807, depends on a valuable philosophical instinct: cognizance isn't a finished foundation, it is built, changed to wind up other than itself. From this instinct, Hegel follows the epic experience of the awareness through its different stages, the advancement of cognizance, from...

Stoic philosophers, who include Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Zeno of Citium (the founder of stoicism philosophy) among others, strongly emphasize that a good life is brought about by living with virtue, self-control, and tolerance by serving other people, and by bringing inner calmness to our lives. They taught that, if...

Over the years there has not been a consensus by political researchers and philosophers on the idea of Aristotle on politics due to differences such as his belief in the inferiority of women and his acceptance of slavery. However, his views on the relationship between the citizens and that of...

Challenges to Human Life on Earth Challenges to human life on earth are usual but sometimes when they superabound people tend to doubt the meaning they have for their lives. Some people have altered entirely meaning of their lives at the end of an awful event. Prosecution and murder of Jews...