Ancient philosophy

Against the men of knowledge who are ignorant of themselves, the philosopher-physician-genealogist envisioned by Nietzsche is a lover - someone for whom philosophy is not primarily a body of knowledge, but a kind of eros, a transformative attitude, a militancy born out of love and devotion for truth . Accordingly, as Richard Schacht remarks, when we address Nietzsche on morality, we better ought to remember…

of his own ignorance. Bibliography Hopkins, Jasper Stephen, and Nicolas De Cusa. A Concise Introduction to the Philosophy of Nicholas of Cusa. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota, 1980. Print. Hopkins, Jasper. Nicholas of Cusa's Debate with John Wenck. Minneapolis (Minn.): A.J. Banning, 1981. Print. Miller, Clyde Lee, "Cusanus, Nicolaus [Nicolas of Cusa]", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2015 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . Nicholas, and Jasper Hopkins. Nicholas of Cusa On Learned…

Ethics is as ever changing as the world itself, but defining what is ‘morally good’ causes polarity based on individual and societal beliefs. Ethical philosophy has been around since the beginning of civilization, and was heavily studied by ancient Greek philosophers. Ancient ethical philosophy inspired modern philosophers such as Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mills to publish works on deontology and consequentialism, respectively. However, these theories offer opposing perspectives on the…

understanding” (Knowledge). The definition of faith “which is the rational attitude towards a potential object of knowledge which arises when we are subjectively certain it is true even though we are unable to gain theoretical or objective certainty” (Philosophy Dictionary) . Faith lacks the components to be a source of knowledge because it is unreasonable and unreliable. The reason that faith is unreasonable and unreliable is that it is has no evidence to back up any claim that it has made and…

in major competitions. By failing to win an Olympic medal or carry off the Greek equivalent of the Nobel Prize, he was forced to become a statesman, or politician, but failed to pursue that further. As a last resort, he decided to try his hand in philosophy and…

concept of reasoning is one that has spanned the history of philosophy from antediluvian days to modern history constantly being a topic of much debate and discussion. Reason has been hailed as the subject of human intelligence that gives the entire humanity a special position in nature being the epitome characteristic that defines Western philosophy and modern science.. Based on Horkheimer & Adorno, (2002, p 73), the concept of philosophy is surmised and regarded as a way of life based on…

criticism started before Plato, but he is known the bedrock or the womb that birth other literary criticism. It is the foundation of the building called literary theory or criticism. He prescribes what a good literature or poetry should be. Plato’s philosophy of idealism – the existence of two worlds; the ideal world which is perfect and the visible world which is an imitation of the ideal. This idea criticizes art as an imitation of an imitation. And as a result, in Plato’s Repbulic, he with…

thrown in jail for heresy. Margaret cavendish pushed the boundaries of who could be a scientist by stating that women, in ancient times, were treated appropriately and now they are treated poorly. She talked about wanting to open a natural philosophy school, but she couldn’t because she was a woman: “Were it allowable for our sex, I might set up my own school of natural philosophy. … For thought the muses [and] Graces … are all of the female gender, yet they were more esteemed in the former…

Socrates as one of the founders of Western philosophy opened a new chapter for the humankind. He considers rhetoric as a form of deception which only casually informs people for the sake of arguing for egotistical motives. He initially has started questioning almost everything around him and was looking for logical answers. So, as a person, who believed in the reasons he did not want to accept any position without a thought. Socrates believed that the art of rhetoric does not require lots of…

Plato is an ancient Greek philosopher who was considered to be the father of educational philosophy. Plato used to be a follower of Socratic in education. He is the one who founded the Academy in Athens and wrote many philosophical works including The Republic, which outlines Plato's utopian society and his thoughts about political and educational issues (Gutek, 2009). Historically, Plato's beliefs in philosophical thought are the idea of perennials, perennials is an educational philosophy based…