Final Exam for Introduction to Philosophy 1. In the first class of the semester, we went over The Handout, which was based upon 11 questions about philosophical questions that can go either way. This class activity made us think in a philosophical way and open up our minds to become more open minded in general. The next ticket we read were from the intro packet, which consists of three documents: the Calf-Path poem, the Quotations handout, and the Milgram handout. The Calf-Path poem focuses on…
NAME: MWANIKI EMMANUEL KARIUKI MATRIC NO: 15AH02458 PROGRAMME: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COURSE: ANCIENT POLITICAL THOUGHT COURSE CODE: POS 211 An Appraisal of Plato’s Theory of the Tripartite Society in the Republic and Its Practical Application in Nigeria’s Democracy 1.1. ABSTRACT The purpose of this term paper is to extensively look at the theory of the tripartite society as pro-founded by Plato in his classic book The Republic. The methodology used to tackle the question is critical…
During the years following the Patristic era, Christian theologians and philosophers began to move away from mysticism and Neo-Platonism in order to synthesize Christian doctrine with systematic Aristotelian philosophy. This movement would be come known as Scholasticism, and it would become the principle school of thought throughout the medieval period. During this period, the line between philosophy and theology was blurred, and the problems of, psychology, metaphysics, and ethics were admitted…