Lucretius

Plato and Aristophanes, Four Texts on Socrates 1) Euthyphro pious vs. impious Euthyphro – going against his father for murder Meletus – against socrates for corrupting the youth. Accuses him of being a neologian, makes new gods, denies old ones. Ministration – the provision of assistance, or care Husbandman – person who cultivates land, a farmer Does god say things that are good, or do things become good because god says them? If god is impotent, god doesn't define the rules, he just reads them…

explains “Dharma is therefore based on the sustainable and just use of resources for fulfilling needs. Ecological balance and social justice are intrinsic to right livelihood, to dharma” (Shiva 375). Shiva implores the understanding of the destructive trend humans, specifically industrial corporations, are following and will keep following if changes aren’t made. Shiva is trying to have readers gain an understanding in the negative impact they are having on the earth, but she is also hoping to…

Roger Scruton and Louis Dupre express their opinions on culture, and how culture cannot continue when people forsake it. Scruton claims the identity of a culture comes from the interest of the people in the culture that originates from the elites. Dupre contrasts with Scruton by saying the people within the culture find their identity by their nature. If culture is to survive, Scruton believes it must be passed on to future generations through education. For culture to survive in Dupre’s view,…

Roger Scruton and Louis Dupre’s works express their opinions on culture, and how culture cannot continue when people forsake it. Scruton claims the identity of a culture comes from the interest of a culture that origionates from the elites. Dupre contrasts with Scruton by perceiving culture as the manifestation of a people’s nature, who they are in the world, to identify their culture. If culture is to survive, Scruton believes it must be passed on to future generations through education. For…

From Lucretius, Aristotle, Leonardo da Vinci, to Darwin, Smith and Lamarck, many Philosophers, artists, and scientists have produced theories of evolution in attempts to explain the living and non-living creatures around them. ‘Charles Darwin’s grandfather, Erasmus Darwin…”a British physician and poet… proposed that life had changed over time.” “The possibility of common descent based on changes undergone by animals during development…”Evolution is a fact, the theory of evolution explains how…

Henry’s work is created in response to the original ‘The Piano Lesson’. Henry Symonds has always been fascinated by the ‘contrast between the measured, poised, serene interior space speaking of quiet domesticity and the ghastly chaos and horror of battle – geographically contiguous but dramatically removed in terms of lived experience’ ‘Postscript’ is an informal article of writing directed to the artist Henry Symonds. In ‘Postscript’, Gary Carter writes in 1st person, so the audience reads the…

death of his brother, Montferrers, just as he is indirectly responsible for the death of Borachio. D’Amville, however, is not fascinated by the lack of life; rather he is driven by the gain of it. Similar to the beliefs of the Roman philosopher Lucretius, D’Amville readily accepts that “death casts up the total sum of joy and happiness…and [that he will] melt into dust.” (Tourneur, 251, 1.1.17-21) This particularly disturbs D’Amville, and therefore prompts him to resolve this issue. To D’Amville…

"What is food to some, for others it is bitter poison", Lucretius, Roman poet (99 BC-55AC) If California were a country, with its population of nearly 40 million, it would be among the 30 most populous countries. The economic, political and cultural impact of the rest of California in the United States is enormous. It is for this reason that citizens' initiatives that are submitted to a referendum there and state legislation, for that matter, are so important. Of the 11 initiatives presented to…

The Odyssey represented a cunning hero, named Odysseus, King of Ithaca. This work of literature highlighted the tantalizing journey he and his man were forced to make fueled by the Trojan War coupled with the Fall of Troy. Odysseus and his men were antagonized by an innumerable amount of hindrances and misfortunes in their ten year journey back to Ithaca. Critics emphasize that although Homeric characters are generally static. Odysseus and his son are fairly different. “Odysseus’s love of…

Death is not merely biological phenomena. Biology, medicine and its related disciplines studies death and dying scientifically. Social sciences like sociology or socio psychology and Human sciences like cultural anthropology, history, religious studies and literary theory investigates the death as a human phenomenon. Philosophical perspectives on death and dying are made up of some important categories borrowed from humanistic perspectives. (Pihlström, 2009: 278) This theme is willingly…