Philosophy of history

body-snatchers are among the most lurid and entertaining episodes in the history of medicine and have been cataloged exhuastively by scholars and popularizers of all kinds. Today, however, when the ethics of research on humans has become a critical problem in medical philosophy and when relations between the public and the profession appear to be deteriorating, it is instructive to take another look at this period of medical history, when many current ethical problems first became issues of…

man who became an infamous figure in history due to his refusal to be part of the Athenian norm? How about a senior citizen during roman era who caught the eyes of many through quick thinking and persuasive rambling? Or maybe, he really was that great knowledgeable speaker destined to introduce the whole concept known as philosophy, who just happened to open the eyes of many; such as Plato and Aristotle. Socrates, now known as the father of western philosophy became most known for the series of…

Epictetus is a Greek stoic philosopher who was born as a slave. However, since he got a great chance to study stoic philosophy under Musonius Rufus, he became free from the slave. He later even established a school in Nicopolis in Epirus(Brown). Like Jesus, Epictetus wrote nothing, but his teaching wrote down and published by his disciples in The Enchiridion. Epictetus taught that philosophy is a way of life and not just a theoretical discipline. To Epictetus, all external events are beyond…

Regardless of whether educators understand it or not, educational philosophies govern the way education takes place. Today, many educators develop a set of these philosophies that they believe govern their classrooms, and it is truly up to the individual to develop his or her own educational philosophies according to their own influences and understandings. In my personal experiences, I found that the educational philosophies that I would like to adopt are genuinely starting to evolve; and as a…

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…

modern society. There are many instances in human history where the fundamental flaw in human thinking Nietzsche discusses becomes apparent. A good example could include instances of racism or sexism. Racism is caused by mass generalizations by the majority based on quick assumptions and also can formulate from another Nietzschean concept known as the ‘herd mentality’. Cases of oppression due to race have occurred throughout all of human history and have caused many instances of violence and…

one of the most famous figure in the whole history of philosophy. His works inspired many generations of thinkers, some argued for, some against, but always with Kant’s philosophy in their mind. Huge influence of Kant is linked to careful and deliberate analysis of the subjects he explored. Subjects, that are so important in life of every individual, such as moral and ethics. “Grounding for the Metaphysics of Moral” gives perfect insight on Kant’s philosophy. The main goal of this work is…

Along with Socrates, Plato continued building philosophy around the conception of the divine attributes of the universe, termed ideal forms by Socrates. These ideas resembled the Pre-Socratic notions of the mind, being, and logos. The search for reality requires intense contemplation and intuition, years of study, and mastery on the nature of the universe, the shape of the world, the soul and its immortality, human thought, psychology, and politics, but they lacked the empirical focus that…

minor requirements with limited space for classes that I am interested in. These 3D classes allow me to explore subjects that I am interested in. I want to take ethics and explore different moral obligations and utilitarian philosophy. I am also interested in taking a history class on historical Islam because I want to learn how different countries adapted to Islam and incorporated it into their culture and society. As a female Muslim stem major, I always think about…

At the time of the Enlightenment, many people’s views on religion were changing. Most of the views you see that change are those of the philosopher’s. Because this was the age of reasoning, many viewed religion and God as a concept that could not be applied to reasoning. Many found that religion did not fit in with their idea of reason. They found that the definition they grew up with about God did not have any reasoning to it. Many philosophers in the Enlightenment period did happen to be…