Philosophy of history

Commentary on the Encyclical of His Holiness Saint John Paul II, Fides et Ratio One of men's abilities is to want to know more, to know where they come from. In this act we can see throughout history the different philosophical currents have been asking all over the world asking men's origin. Philosophy has been the science that comes close to finding where we come from and the meaning of our lives. Not only in today's world but over the time that the church has existed since Christ founded it,…

The medieval times was on its way to self-destruction when the rise of the Protestant rebellion and development of science came about. Along with Martin Luther and other revolutionaries, Rene Descartes challenge the church with his ideologies. Descartes legacy is the essential bias that allows the moral norms of the popular culture to continue. His pursuit to find certainty became the route of the modern rationalization of the people. At one point, society thought the earth was the center of…

beginning of our book we learned about what philosophy means, the ultimate aim of philosophy, and we learned about critical thinking. Philosophy is “the love or pursuit of wisdom” (p5). After learning a good way to describe philosophy, we met a female philosopher named Perictione. She believed humanity exists in order to contemplate the principle of the nature of the whole (p5). Moving on to the ultimate aim of philosophy, we learn some of the goals of philosophy. A couple of these goals…

Indian Philosophy in Deleuze’s ‘Body without Organs’ I. Introduction – Brian Massumi rightly spells out the Deleuzian philosophy when he calls it ‘self-problematizing’; always confronting the reader with the question of what it is all about, and what to do with it. It challenges the reader to do something with it. It is pragmatic, not dogmatic. Pierre Hadot attributes this distinction between discourse about philosophy and philosophy itself to Stoics: ‘For the Stoics, the parts of…

has faced over the last few centuries. In this comparative analysis,we will focus on the similarities between "The Trial and Death of Socrates",and "In Praise of Failure". Despite the intellectual inclination, over the past few centuries, the philosophy of failure remained the same. It is still commonly believed that failure is a negative aspect of human's attributes, as it hinders success. Even though the past has taught us different lessons, like the invention of Super Computer, as a…

The Ancient Greece was a collection of city-states, the most influential of which was Athens, and is often considered the birthplace of democracy, philosophy, arts and science. Democracy The Greeks were the first to study the various forms of human government and to identify the strengths and weakness of each. The idea of representative government began to take place in Greek city-states. The word democracy came from the Greek words, ‘demos’ and ‘kratein’ which when translated means ‘people to…

are fierce with enemies and gentle with familiars.” (Dillon). Socrates wanted the kings to become philosophers, or philosophers to become kings. “Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside...” (Pg. 327). Socrates idea of the “Philosopher King” was a monumental notion that was his…

but can all the individuals see or percept the truth the same as the author even though we have the same human nature? Belsey used many key terms in her passage above such as humanism, empiricism, reality and idealism are not clear enough. In philosophy,…

Most people agree our culture has been shaped by philosophy in one form or another throughout history, however, may people tend to reflect on specific philosophers. Eastern culture tends to reflect on eastern philosophy, dating back to Confucius and the Buddha, and western culture with western philosophy, dating back to Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato. Is there a reason for this? Is it fair to say that our different cultures have more or less accepted the philosophical principles of our own…

ideology, fictional work, or hypothetical example cannot “happen” or “occur” Happened is defined as occurred by the Cambridge Dictionary If no one believes it, it still happened because belief does not determine truth. This can be proven using history very easily. For example, take the death of the Tsarist royal family during the Communist Revolution in 1917. The White Army shot the entire royal family, but the bodies of Anastasia and her brother, Alexei were buried with the rest of the…