Faith and reason are often times viewed as opposites. Some believe in one, while some believe in others. The real question is; can you believe in both equally? Greek philosophers favored reason as their explanation for most situations while Judeo-Christian tradition favored faith as their way to salvation (Introduction). Faith and reason can be compatible because when analyzing certain situations, there are no other explanations other than God. For example, the big debate that will never come to an end is the starting of the universe. If one believes in faith, they believe God created the universe. If one believes in reason, they believe that the universe was created through a combination of different molecules to create the “big bang”. The problem with each belief is where did it all come from? If matter cannot be created nor destroyed, where did the matter that started the “big bang” come from? The combined belief in faith and reason has become such a strong solution that it remained prevalent through the Middle Ages (Introduction).
The first school of thought to be discussed is Skepticism. Pyrrho of Elis was believed to be the founder of the school, even though the school took after much of the earlier Sophists’ principles (BOOK). A main target of attack was dogmatism, a disease …show more content…
The two main schools that I would agree with would be Skepticism and Epicureanism. Skepticism is appealing because they view the world as only appearances and convention. They believed in a simple life, which I believe is the method to live a good life. Epicureanism also believed in the simple life, and that pleasure would take away from the simple life. With our population growing at an increasing rate every day, I believe the simple life viewed in both of these schools of thought would be the best solutions for a good
The first school of thought to be discussed is Skepticism. Pyrrho of Elis was believed to be the founder of the school, even though the school took after much of the earlier Sophists’ principles (BOOK). A main target of attack was dogmatism, a disease …show more content…
The two main schools that I would agree with would be Skepticism and Epicureanism. Skepticism is appealing because they view the world as only appearances and convention. They believed in a simple life, which I believe is the method to live a good life. Epicureanism also believed in the simple life, and that pleasure would take away from the simple life. With our population growing at an increasing rate every day, I believe the simple life viewed in both of these schools of thought would be the best solutions for a good