Philosophy of history

my horizons and started to look at life and philosophy in a whole new light. He has contributed so much to philosophy from finding the world 's first university to his studies on epistemology, ethics, and a variety of different subjects. His work has inspired a variety of other great philosophers, such as Aristotle and David Hume. Plato paved the way for how we do philosophy and what philosophy is really about. His work extends to every area of philosophy…

was a man who would not do anything unjust at his trail, not even if it meant that it would save his life because of his morals and how he saw morality. Morality was not something Socrates could go against, it was something he stood for. Socrates philosophy around morality through Plato was one should learn to be good. All that has been said about Socrates and who he was is through Plato, and so though it does provide an example of who Socrates was does not mean that it is truly Socrates, it is…

Throughout human history, many critics and scholars have scrutinized human activity and formulated their own interpretations of what human nature is. Two notable scholars who have executed that scrutiny are Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud. Karl Marx was a 19th century German philosopher, sociologist, and economist. He closely studied poverty of the working class, and through his investigation formed a view of economic determinism (Study.com). Sigmund Freud, on the other hand, was a 19th century…

philosophers. He set the tone for many 20th century philosophers. He lived a very short and prolific life. He considered himself a religious writer, however he had a very peculiar form and understanding of faith. What is interesting about Kierkegaard’s philosophy is his idea of linking faith to religious existentialism, which is far from being a traditional Christian approach. He believed that religious existentialism implicates a leap of faith, marked by the search of the truth through an…

210, I would have described my philosophies as determinism and idealism. “Determinism is the philosophical proposition that every event, decision, and action, is casually determined by an unbroken chain of prior occurrences” (Mastin para. 1). I was very focused on the idea that individual ideas were predetermined and that they were meant to be. With idealism, I truly did believe that my thoughts were formed due to my reality. My conscious choice of these philosophies was due to my environment,…

Sartre, and Darwinian. I have chosen to elaborate on the similarities and differences between Plato and Kant. I chose Plato because he is known as the father of idealism and one of the forefathers of philosophy; which is the love of wisdom. Whereas, Kant is known as the father of modern moral philosophy; and also, his ideas and theories are thought-provoking and complex. In comparing and contrasting Plato and Kant, I find that they have many similar viewpoints; yet they have totally different…

“The greatest happiness of the greatest number” had been shelved; “public welfare” was completely set aside; people became narrow utilitarian who only saw the "self-interest" part of utilitarianism. On the aspect of consequentialism, utilitarian philosophy advocated to evaluate a certain active from the perspective of result, which was in line with the psychology of rising capitalism-as long as beneficial to profit increase, motivation and means can be neglected. (Zhou, 1991: 64) In addition,…

preexisting ideologies. In The Consolation of Philosophy, Boethius concludes his work with a depiction of god that largely mirrors the Christian viewpoint. However, he alters his definition of god as the work progresses. Originally, he portrays divinity as an abstract, absolute goodness that all men strive for both naturally and actively. In contrast, Boethius later refers to god as an omniscient eternal being who is able to observe the earth and its history in a single moment. Boethius shifts…

most influential thinkers in Muslim history. He lived from 1058-1111 and spent his life as a jurist, theologian, philosopher, and logician. Al-Ghazzali grew up and studies in a time of major change and innovation within Islamic culture. As the Islamic culture developed and spread to new areas, the cultures of many foreign areas began interacting and influencing the Islamic growth. While al-Ghazzali focused many of his studies around al-falsafa (Islamic Philosophy) he was concerned about the…

with limited success. I believe this because, based on what Waterman (2013) wrote, historically, both perspectives have always been vastly different, and to believe that they can, as a whole, come to agreement on all, or at least most, aspects of philosophy, is unreasonable and unlikely. This is considering not only that they both use different research and therapy methods, and have entirely different views on human nature, they both belittle each other's perspective's…