Philosophy of war

At the beginning of Plato’s Phaedo Socrates tries to explain to his friends why he is “of good cheer in the face of death” (63e). He argues that those who practice philosophy are actually training in preparation for death. It would be absurd for philosophers to be fearful or resentful of death, he argues, since they have wanted and practiced for it a long time (64a–68a). In this paper I shall present Socrates’ argument for this conclusion and critically evaluate it. The argument appears to…

pursued a career in mathematics and contemporary science. He then became “devoted in a career in law in favor of philosophy and general learning” (Maston, "David Hume By Individual Philosopher Philosophy").…

the optimistic philosophy associated with the German philosopher Gottfried von Leibniz. Essentially, Leibniz argued that since God created the world, everything was as good as it could possibly be. For a reform-minded philosophe like Voltaire, this philosophy encouraged stagnation and the uncritical acceptance of existing institutions. In Candide, this philosophy is represented…

System.” It is important to remember that philosophy as a mandatory class in high school or earlier education should not look to add tedious work material as other high school classes assign. Adding stress due to workload is opposite of the point, the goal remaining to enlighten the student and allow him to understand why what he is learning in other classes is important. Berger continues in his article and introduces Gerard F. Vallone, a professor of philosophy at Pace University, who expands…

contributions to the development of the philosophical aspect of existentialism. Shestov has contributed to existentialism through his fascinating critique of philosophy and his surprising connection between philosophical existentialism and religion. He is also one of the first Russian philosophers to find an audience in Europe. Existentialism is a philosophy, popularized in the 20th century, that analyzes an individual's existence while in a Supernatural environment. The individual must…

Jessica Hernandez PHI 16 Chatham Lovette October 30, 2017 Nietzsche Prompt 1 Philosophy: An Illness of the Mind One of the most provocative thinkers in Western philosophy, Friedrich Nietzsche challenges previous philosophies to be an illness of the mind. He argues that their suffering led them to uphold objective truths as a cure to their illness, which doesn’t in fact help them regain their health. Nietzsche argues that philosophers and religious thinkers are not all that different when it…

ideas were effected during WWII, but the fact that his mentor and teacher Edmund Husserl, a Jew, influenced Heidegger’s way of thinking makes me want to believe he was not influenced by the place, time, and events of his time. Understanding his philosophy would be much easier if spoken German, in my opinion,…

rule as kings...and adequately philosophize, and political power and philosophy coincide in the same place… my dear Glaucon, nor I think for human kind, nor will the regime we have now described in speech ever come forth from nature, insofar as possible, and see the light of the sun.” In other words, Socrates’ perfect city consists of philosophers becoming kings because, in doing so, they are capable of interlacing their philosophies and political power. This then allows for the kings to use…

speak about we must pass over in silence”. This is the enigmatic sentence that ends Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus: a work written by a 29-year old philosopher-imprisoned in an Italian POW camp amidst the final months of World War I. A work with which he claimed to have solved all the philosophical problems that had puzzled philosophers for millennia. All within 100 pages of painstakingly enumerated “propositions” that composed the Tractatus. A work with which, the young…

not least, Simone de Beauvoir, a Brilliant thinker in her own achievements. She made significant contributions to literature, feminism, and existentialism. Lastly, Albert Camus is the conscience of existentialism. His philosophy of existentialism was centered on what he considered the universe's greatest injustice -- death. He also wrote the greatest novel and most accessible of all existential novels. As a result to all the existentialists, they came together under one idea that’s growing…