American philosophy

remain kind and generous to others in addition to showing love to his enemies. The ultimate goal of this model of society was to improve lives, preserve God’s graces throughout the community, spread Christ’s gift, and glorify God. Religion in the American Colonies was everywhere. The beliefs of the colonists were such a major part of their lives that it became impossible to separate the religion from the people. This model of life was very beneficial to the Colonists’ society, encouraging loving…

Today’s unpredictable and often toxic culture in American politics would represent major shortcomings in the eyes of Plato and Aristotle, who championed wisdom, moderation, and courage as keys to forming functional societies. Serious governmental flaws entrenched within the United States’ political system oppose Plato’s vision for a just society. Speaking of Plato’s use of dialectics to define wisdom, Political Thinking, Political Theory, and Civil Society explains, “Socrates distinguished…

Enlightened Person or Event Enlightened Philosophy or Inspiration Writings or Works Influence or Impact on Society? (How did this person or event impact governments, citizens, etc.) Thomas Hobbes Greek Historian Thucydides history on the war between the Athens and Sparta inspired Thomas to improve the democracy. Galileo inspired Thomas to apply mechanistic principles to our society. Published first work in 1629. A translation of Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War. A…

the thoughts and philosophies of people who trust existence to be non-teleological. A well-known literary exhibit of a non-teleologist is a person named John Steinbeck. Through the entirety his life Steinbeck experimented with Darwinism, transcendentalism, realism, socialism, naturalism, and Taoism (Endnotes 1). Every of these ways of wondering appears in Steinbeck’s philosophy and therefore his work cannot be one or the other. All that…

John Locke (1632 - 1704) was an English philosopher and the main representative of the English movement of empiricism. His political philosophy heavily influenced the American Revolution, the Constitution of the United States, the French Revolution and the first Constitution of France, and the constitutions of most liberal states. Locke's philosophy is based on the theory of knowledge that is based on empiricism and materialism. All of Locke’s ideas come from two sources: external experience…

The first stage then later on led to stage two which is known intellcual philosophy continueting from where stage one ended 1776 and lasting onward till 1886, within this few dacades philosophy changed and with the scotish of that time that led to empirical science, then later on the first American psychology jurnal was published in 1887 going by the title of (American Journal of Psychology). The year 1886 also began the third sage known as the U.S renaaunce lasting from…

During slavery in the United States, southern white slave owners were raised to believe that blacks were inferior, and they believed it. It was hard for slave owners to imagine life any other way, and for them, there was no reason to imagine life any other way. It could be argued that the Yankees used Plato's epistemology. They broke free from the "chains" holding them to the belief that blacks are inferior. The reason that they were able to do this might be that their "chains" weren't as…

Reflecting on Wisdom Angela Harris PSY/220 December 02, 2012 Jean Pedersen Reflecting on Wisdom The one individual that I consider to be very wise is Bishop T.D. Jakes. Even though, I have never met him face-to-face; words spoken by him has inspired mass congregations; as well as me. Opposing to common beliefs, wisdom is not the ability to be knowledgeable about everything, but to a certain extent holding an open mind to additionally enhance comprehensions A wise person considers…

Cohen went on to write over 50 books most of continuing what the teaching he learned from his long time mentor Druker. Books such as “A Class with Drucker: the Lost Lessons of the World’s Greatest Management Teacher.” And “Drucker on Leadership” (Cohen, 2009). * Cohen states that Drucker is the “The Father of Modern Management” and that he was a genius whose interest and contributions extended into many areas of economics and social endeavors as well as business and nonprofit…

In Plato’s dialogue, Phaedrus, Socrates meets Phaedrus and walks outside the city to discuss love and rhetoric. Phaedrus tells Socrates of Lysias ' speech about love and Socrates gives Phaedrus his response through two different speeches. His first speech proposes the coldblooded passion of the “non-lover” or the wanton lover regarding carnal pleasure. Then, he delivers a second speech which begins with him discarding the truth in the prior speech and refers to true beauty. With this book,…